Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Help! we are being over taken by flies
I'm at my wits end.
Our house has a huge fly infestation.
We did a thorough cleaning, there's NO food anywhere in hte house.
Yet every morning I get up there's new flies in our living room.
I killed around 80 on monday with the flyswatter. It took a few hours, but it was kinda therapedic.
I tues and wed morning there was only 4-5 in the house, so I thought i got them !
This morning I went to the living room and our white couch was black! I've never seen so many flies. I almost lost it.
Sasha was running around chasing them.
I dont know what to do.
There' s no food, I can't smell anything bad.
People have told me that the only way to get rid of them is to find the food source (maggots). But we haven't found any at all.
I can't take it anymore. =(
Re: Help! we are being over taken by flies
could eggs have been laid in the soil of a potted plant?
is there a bug bomb for flies?
If you have a garbage disposal, clean it and run some vinegar and orange slices down it. We've found the garbage disposal to be the cause of the problem the couple of times that we've had flies.
Sorry I don't have fly problems, But I m sory you are going through that.
When I was at OSH they have an electric fly zapper for $25, it may be worth it.
When I lived in an apt I came home on one of those really hot days, after the house being locked up the entire day, ?and there were termites everywhere, I mean everywhere, the sofas, the carpet, even in my bed. ?OMG I was so grossed out.
I hate any and all bugs. ?Yuck! ?I feel for you!?
I second the rec about the plants! Definitely leave your potted plants outdoors for a few days. It's likely the cause. We had a major fly infestation here in the office and that was the culprit. Apparently the soil is a perfect breeding ground for flys. Ugh...
hang in there!!!
the SAME thing just happened to us a few days ago. my husband was going crazy about the whole thing, killing flies and counting the "casualties" I think that an egg hatched.... probably came in on one of the flower boquets that we brought home from the hospital...
did anyone send you flowers lately??