How Are Flies Getting in House
Here’s where it gets gross and weird: flies sometimes come up through your drains. Those aren’t just fruit flies; the infamous drain fly breeds in that slimy gunk inside your pipes. They crawl up from the sink or shower drain like creepy little sewer commandos.
If you see tiny, fuzzy flies hovering near your bathroom sink, it’s time to pour boiling water down the drain. Your plumbing is now a clandestine fly nursery, and you’re the unsuspecting landlord. Surprising fact: drain flies are so small they can pass through the gaps in a metal drain cover—think of it as a jailbreak on a miniature scale.
How To Keep Flies From Coming Inside The House at Isaac Rivera blog
Your Houseplants Are Traitors
You love your indoor jungle, but fungus gnats love it more. These tiny black flies come from overwatered potting soil. They’re not after your fruit; they want the mushroom-like fungus growing in that moist dirt. Pouring money into exotic plants? You’re basically throwing a rent-free party for flies.
Exaggeration alert: I once had a fern that hosted more flies than a pig farm. The solution? Let the soil dry out between waterings and top it with a layer of gravel. It’s like putting a bouncer outside the soil club.