FLIES
Other Pests
Flies facts
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Fly's lifetime is usually a 30 day cycle
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Female fly will lay anywhere from 400-600 eggs.
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Each fly egg hatches into a small, grub-like, creature (larvae), which looks more like an inchworm than a fly.
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Larvae will grow to adult fly size within a few days.
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Flies have over 4,000 facets for sight in each eye.
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Flies are attracted by movement more than color.
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Flies have a smelling distance of over 750 yards.
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A fly's feeding range is usually limited to two miles.
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A single garbage can, if not emptied, can be the breeding ground for 30,000 flies.
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During warm weather, a fly can produce a family generation in less than two weeks.
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Play an important role in disease transmission such as holera, typhoid, salmonella and anthrax.
Control Methods
•Insect light Trap
The common house flies are attracted to a certain light spectrum such as the ltra violet light. Flies that are attracted to it will adhere to the sticky sheet located inside the light trap.
•Baiting
Bait is a mixture of food attractant and insecticide in order to lure the fly to feed on it and subsequently being poisoned. This approach is environmental-friendly and is safe to be used at sensitive areas such as the pantry, kitchen, poultry farm, etc.
•Sanitization
Proper Sanitization is the best way to ensure this problem doesn’t reoccur
