Have you ever come home to what seemed like a house full of dead flies all over the window sills – in the dead of winter!? Â If that has happened to you, then you have experienced a cluster fly infestation. Fortunately, this is not your common icky house fly. You know, the gross ones that… Read more »
Updated October 2017. It’s the dead of winter. Most days it is brutally cold outside, with the furnace or woodstove constantly burning to keep the thermostat somewhere in the warm range. Today, however, you are blessed with a day many New Englanders call a “January Thaw.” You know, one of those unseasonably warm winter days… Read more »
As the tagline for the 1986 film The Fly suggests, “Be afraid.  Be very afraid.” Flies are the absolute worst. The astonishing thing is that most people look at flies as annoying little pests; something they can simply brush away with the wave of a hand.  Sure, you can do that. But the fact of… Read more »
Updated October 2017 Does this picture remind you of an all too familiar sight this winter and early spring?  These are cluster flies, and they’re making a mess in thousands of homes right now. They’re a distasteful sight, but there’s no shame in finding these dead flies littering your floors and window sills. In fact, if you… Read more »
It’s been a bit chilly in New England at night and in the mornings and it won’t be long before the cooler weather sticks around all day. Which unfortunately means that some homes and businesses in our region may begin to see the arrival of overwintering pests. We are talking about pests like cluster flies who are looking for a warm place where they can hang out while the cold weather rages, and while they are not necessarily going to cause trouble, they are certainly a nuisance and should be eliminated.
You can help to prevent various fly infestations from occurring in your home or business through sanitation methods and effective pest control. When you think of a fly, the typical house fly comes to mind, but what you may not know is that there are several varieties of flies that can inhabit your home or… Read more »