Bug Details
Fruit and Drain Flies
In warm weather, fruit and drain flies can grow from an egg to an adult in just 7-14 days. So, if these tiny flies are fluttering around your kitchen, it’s best to take quick action. Find out where they breed, what attracts them, and how to help get rid of drain and fruit flies.
- Common names for indoor breeding flies include fruit flies, drain flies, vinegar flies, moth flies, and fungus gnats.
- Drain and fruit fly larvae, or “maggots “, are very small and often not even noticeable.
Additional details
Where they breed?
- These small flies breed in drains/garbage disposals, moist flower pots, garbage cans, ripening fruit, or around any dampness created by plumbing leaks.
What they want from you?
- Fruit flies are looking for decaying food to eat and use as a breeding site.
Why they’re a problem?
- Fruit and drain flies can be annoying and will multiply quickly unless promptly controlled.
- They contaminate our food by laying their eggs on things we eat.
Outdoor Filth Flies
Outdoor filth flies are more than just a nuisance. These flies also feed and breed on some seriously filthy stuff like garbage, feces, and dead animals—and can spread contaminants and disease wherever they land. Find out how to keep flies away so you can help protect your family.
- Outdoor filth flies are also known as house flies, blow flies, green bottle flies, blue bottle flies, and flesh flies.
- These flies are scavengers that are attracted to moist organic matter to both lay their eggs and take a meal.
Additional details
Where they breed?
- Fly larvae or “maggots” lay eggs in many different outdoor areas, including composting plant material, manure, garbage, and decaying animal carcasses.
What they want from you?
- Outdoor filth flies are scavengers that are attracted to food odors and moist organic matter where they can lay their eggs and enjoy a free meal.
Why there're a problem?
- As they feed, these flies can pick up germs and filth on their bodies and then redeposit them wherever they land.
- Indoors, flies are a nuisance as they hover around food, particularly in the kitchen and living room.
