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The weather has finally warmed up here and now there plenty of super annoying houseflies. They're way to fast to swat and have an annoying habit of landing on you.

I've tried Google's suggestion of water/vinegar and a bit of dish soap in a bottle, but they don't seem to go for it at all.

I'm up for trying anything, please make suggestions!

Edit: Thank you to all for your suggestions. So far I've tried the idea of spraying them with surface cleaner which appears to work well

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[-] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Not sure what kind of beasts you have but some apple cider vinegar and dish soap works like a charm for me. Definitely need to find the source though. Usually it’s some old fruit that got left out somewhere.

[-] 13esq@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

The apple cider vinegar gets fruit flies but the house flies just aren't interested.

[-] CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Get a dish towel wet and use that to swat at the fly. The weight of the water and the extra length of the towel let's you get it going faster than the fly can react.

[-] multifariace@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I open a window and they fly to it. Then I shut them out.

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