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Ahh! Flies! Help!

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EEK!

The other day, my husband decided to leave the garbage that I had set out for him that night and take it out in the morning. I'm sure that there had to have been some maggots or something laying around. He forgot it two days in a row And I didn't notice it.

To leave our house (TINY basement apartment) we have to pass through the laundry room. Thats where the bag of garbage was.

Yesterday, there were a bazillion flies everywhere (ok, like 10). I thought that they had came in because the laundry room door AND back door were open all day (garbage bag was gone yesterday).

DH slaughtered them last night.

Just now I went back to the laundry room to get the clothes out of the dryer. and OMG. about 20 flies are flying around out there!!!

I just want to scream!!! Never again will I wait for him to take out the trash. I'll just do it myself.

Anywho- any way to get rid of flies.... other than whip out the ol' shoe?
post #2 of 5
The old fly strip from wal-mart, while gross ,is very effective.

I would also clean the area and make sure it smells fresh.
post #3 of 5
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Maybe they have them at walgreens... Ours is 24hrs, so I think I'm going to tell my DH to pick some up. gross!
post #4 of 5
It's also helpful if you hang the fly strip next to a light that you can leave on all night. They get attracted to the light, and then get stuck. Muhahahahaha!
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Originally Posted by Nitenites View Post
It's also helpful if you hang the fly strip next to a light that you can leave on all night. They get attracted to the light, and then get stuck. Muhahahahaha!
done. muahahaa!! they're gone and I meticulously cleaned the laundry room. I did find a bunch of pupa in one of DDs old baby shirts... DD convince me to throw it out. Weaaaaah
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