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I am being driven insane by flies. There is a large tree not far from our house and we cannot open our back windows because of them, Tried newspapers sticky fly paper and with spray you spend more time chasing them , any ideas
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It would be good if you could identify the type of flies because you could then target them more specifically. If it's blue bottles then I'd look for their food source & remove it. If it's small aphid types then you'd have to spray the tree's foliage or use a biological control available from gardeners suppliers. If it's mosquitoes then you can interupt the breeding cycle by removing all standing water. You can get fly killer in a felt tip marker style pen. It doesn't leave a visable mark! Just draw around the edge of the glass in your windows, around the bin, etc. For fly free ventilation you may have to install fly screens. Sticky velcro & tulle, or a staple gun & old net curtains will do the job if proper frames seem too much. Hope this helps.