Comments on: Traps & Tips For Controlling Flies http://tipnut.com/rid-flies/ Creative Homemaking Ideas & Household Tips Thu, 24 May 2012 18:46:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Torihttp://tipnut.com/rid-flies/#comment-156798 Tori Thu, 22 Mar 2012 01:25:19 +0000 http://tipnut.com/?p=13541#comment-156798 We have bad cluster flies in our yard. The bottles work but it also seems to attract more flies to the area when the stuck/dead ones decay. I read on another site that flies don't like the smell of pine. I'm not sure if this is true or not but I put some pine-scented car fresheners on my patio umbrella and wasn't bothered by any flies at all this evening. As for meal moths, I had those a few years ago. I threw out all infested food and thoroughly cleaned my cabinets with bleach diluted in water. From then on, whenever we buy grains such as pasta, cornmeal, flour, oats etc. we put it in the freezer for 24 - 48 hours if we buy in bulk and know we won't use the food right away. This kills any eggs that may be in the food at the time it's processed. All open food is stored in ziplock style bags or air tight jars and containers so any stray critters that might get inside can't find food to eat or lay new eggs in it. We have bad cluster flies in our yard. The bottles work but it also seems to attract more flies to the area when the stuck/dead ones decay. I read on another site that flies don’t like the smell of pine. I’m not sure if this is true or not but I put some pine-scented car fresheners on my patio umbrella and wasn’t bothered by any flies at all this evening.

As for meal moths, I had those a few years ago. I threw out all infested food and thoroughly cleaned my cabinets with bleach diluted in water. From then on, whenever we buy grains such as pasta, cornmeal, flour, oats etc. we put it in the freezer for 24 – 48 hours if we buy in bulk and know we won’t use the food right away. This kills any eggs that may be in the food at the time it’s processed. All open food is stored in ziplock style bags or air tight jars and containers so any stray critters that might get inside can’t find food to eat or lay new eggs in it.

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