Flies In Loft

[smurfchops]

I have mice in the loft and have been putting up poison as well as humane traps which have caught a few. Now I have tons of flies up there but don’t know where the numerous mice’s dead bodies are! Can’t get into the corners of the loft. I am spraying the whole area with fly spray, how long before it gets rid of all the flies?

[Redhelen72]

It will depend on how long a mouse takes to rot down to nothing - I would suggest some time.

Rather than spraying can you get some of those old fashioned fly papers and hang them up - then check them every day or so and replace them as needed - probably cheaper than fly spray

[MissTerious2]

Smurf they are probably clusterflies or also called loft flies. They hibernate and are now waking up. They don't feed on mice. So don't worry too much that it's mice that have brought them into your loft.

'Cluster flies are not damaging to property when they enter buildings in the autumn purely to hibernate over the cold winter months. As mentioned above they feed on decaying vegetation or worms'

Have you evidence that the mice are still alive in your loft?

[MissTerious2]

If they are cluster flies, pest control can get rid of them. If there are tons of flies, as you say, I'm fairly sure the will be loft flies. Are you in an old house in a country area?

[smurfchops]

No not an old house. Never had so many flies in loft before. Mice have been there for months and months now. They are coming in somewhere from the roof. Still catching some live mice in humane traps, but the poison is getting eaten as well. The loft has a bedroom built 30 years ago, and doors around the edges, mice are in the parts of loft behind doors, we keep the doors shut all the time with poison and traps behind the doors, and store things like suitcases in there (which I make sure are zipped up!). There can be nowhere else the flies are coming in from, they must squeeze through the edges of the doors and get in the main bedroom part. Just wondered how long they will keep appearing.

[retrocop]

I would consider these
https://www.argos.co.uk/product/7571109.
They are really effective and flies really go for the bait. I know it says only suitable for outdoors but what the heck. It's harmless to pets and humans.
We were plagued by flies one hot summer. We had windows open to get air to circulate in the heat wave. As the flies came into the house I hung one of these near the kitchen door. Stopped their ingress.
Great talking point and mesmerising amusement for your BBQ guests, impatiently waiting for their nosh, whilst they watch thousands of flies drown instead of eating their steak Ta ta. :-)

[Barsel]

Retro, that Argos link didn't work for me, what's the number of the item please?

[Barsel]

Sorry looks like the number is in the link.

[Barsel]

No, that doesn't work either.

[Barsel]

Just in case the link doesn't work for others it's description is.
Zero In Fly Catcher Twinpack

[retrocop]

Sorry Barsel. Not sure why that happened. Have you now found the product?

[retrocop]

As previously reported. Can be bought in Argos and garden centres

[Barsel]

Yes, I found it thanks retro. Don't understand why it didn't work from your link. Always handy to know about these products.

[Barmaid]

We get those in our attic room (my office), they are a blummin nuisance. We have found an ultra violet fly killer despatches them. That and the huge blinkin spiders that live up there. (This is why I now work downstairs).

[smurfchops]

Thanks retrocop, will have to try that.

[William51]

I would call in a pest controller and get it all sorted.

[MissTerious2]

Me too William. I still think they are cluster flies and its a waste of time trying methods that just don't deal with them like house flies. I think the mice and flies are two different issues.

[smurfchops]

Fly spray seems to have got rid of them, thanks all x