Flies have always been a nuisance to people and animals. They are troublesome, irritating, and they carry disease. Solomon noticed them enough to say that: “Dead flies make the ointment stink.”

Flies and ancient peoples

The ancient Phonecians thought that flies were the primal form of life. Wherever they saw rotting animals, and filth, flies seemed to rise up from it. They even develop a rudimentary religion based on this ancient version of  spontaneous generation, and they named their god ofter the creatures. In ancient Phonecian, the word for flies was zebub, the term for Lord, or Master was Baal, the Phonecian god was therefore called Baalzebub, the god of the flies.

Fly prevention

In spite of the reverence these ancient worshipers may have had for the fly, most modern people would prefer to avoid their presence. Here are a few things that you can do to control flies by practicing good fly pest control:

Excluding flies

Excluding flies from the home will follow the same rules laid down for exclusion in other parts of this site. See Preventing Pests From Coming In and, Outdoor Pests Indoor Pests Simple Pest Prevention Tips for more details.

The real problem is the outdoor problem. If they were not outdoors, they would not be coming inside to crawl across your sandwich and your tv screen. The pages listed above will offer more details, but we will cover a little of the information here.

Flies and pets

Flies like food, water, and shelter. Deprive them of these, and they go away. If you have pets, feeding more than they eat, will attract flies, their feces will also attract flies. Dog pens, because of the presence of the dogs, who themselves love the same things the flies love, will attract flies. Keep it as far from the home as possible, and keep it as clean as possible to prevent invasion.

Flies and trash

Flies like rotting food, and other rotten materials. Keeping trash cans sealed, and well away from the home will help keep them well away from your home as well. Keeping leftovers, and other food products that need to be discarded frozen untill trash day will also help.