Do they tend to sit on your windows in the sunlight?

My dad lives in an old farmhouse and during the summer, flies come
in.  LOTS of flies.  They like to sit on the window, so every day he
takes the vaccuum and goes around vaccuuming the flies off the
windows.  In the worst of fly season he will do it 3 times a day.  It
keeps the flies down and doesn't involve pesticides.

NOTE:  Change your vaccuum filter often.  Or it will clog up with "bug
butter" (rather like peanut butter, only made of melted flies.  Yes,
gross, I know.)

--Fil

They still make fly paper.  The sticky stuff that used to dangle from
ceilings.

I hate the way it looks, and haven't resorted to it yet, but do have
some set aside.  We usually have an invasion of flies for a week or
two in the fall.

It takes a lot to gross me out.  I've raised five kids .  But flies
will do it every time.  I always put insecticide inside the outdoor
garbage bins as soon as they are emptied so they won't attract any
during the week and won't provide a place for them to breed.

Jo

You're going to think this crazy - I know I did when I first heard it.

A few years ago we were having big fly problems too. Nancy talked to one
of her coworkers who has horses. This friend told Nancy to put some
pennies (copper or copper-covered coins) in a plastic bag and fasten the
bag over a door or window. The bag would supposedly prevent flies from
passing through.

I'll be darned if I can begin to understand why, but when Nancy tried it
it did actually greatly reduce our fly population. I don't remember all
the details of how she prepared the pags, but I've e-mailed her asking for
the specifics. I'll pass them along once I get a reply.

Dan