houseflies

[mamie]

with all the nice weather we're having ive constantly got doors and windows open but needless to say im getting a lot of flies in the house. i dont want to use spray or fliypapers has anyone got any other suggestions to get rid of them?

[emuchops]

i recently bought a very small "pitcher" type carnivorous plant from Morrisons- i think it was about �2-and it has caught loads of flies in a very enviromentally friendly way!!!-highly recommended

[Thunderbird+]

Instead of getting rid of them, why not try to make it more difficult for them to get in, with the aid of fly screens to fit windows and doors (Aldi's was selling these at a reasonable price recently) Good Luck T bird+

[funkymoped]

i was thinking of making a "screen door" for the kitchen.
would be easy enough to make and cost very little...

my pet HATE is HOUSEFLIES... I detest the things...

[The Big Gill]

Apart from lending you my cat, the screens sound like a good idea. Alternatively, electrical stores like Maplins sell bug zappers like the ones you see in fishmongers'.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/SEODynamicPages/module .asp?ModNo=43499

[Makinamess]

I put up net curtains (the very fine cotton muslin type which lets loads of light through) on the windows (the whole height of the window) and across the back door on round net rods. The back door one is weighted at the bottom (you can buy curtain weight rope in haberdashery/fabric shops). Very few flies (or maybe only the really clever ones) get past the fabric if they fly in through the open windows.

The back door curtain needs to be weighted or it will blow around in any breeze. If I need free access, I tie the curtain back with a loop of fabric with two curtain rings on, that I hook up to a cuphook in the door frame. (I did have the back door rehung to open outwards so that I can have the door open and the curtain down.)