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

  • @VelvetStorm
    3•4 months ago

    If you want to swat them, you need to move your hand slowly at first. They seem to not notice or care if you move slowly and don’t cast a shadow over them as that will frighten them. I use these same techniques for macrophotography, and it works, but you have to be patient.

    I could also recommend getting good at snaping towels. Once you get good at it and you can judge distances, you can hit flies mid-flight.

    Or if you just want to buy something and have 50ish bucks to spend you can get this

    https://www.bugasalt.com/pages/shop-collections#threefive