How To Get Rid of Flies On my Porch

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A porch is an ideal place for summer festivities and coffee on chilly nights in the fall. However, nothing takes away the joy like flies buzzing on your porch or patio.

When the temperatures are high, flies are especially active and will hang around wherever they can find food and breeding grounds. If they are frequenting your porch, our expert advice and top-recommended fly control products will help get rid of flies from the area.

Identification

While they may look and behave the same way, there are many different types of flies that may infest your porch or patio area. They may be fungus gnats that like to frequent outdoor plants, fruit flies that love rotting food, or the common house fly that may be around because food or filth is attracting them to the area.

No matter the species, they are all annoying. Fortunately, they can be treated and prevented largely in the same way with a combination of integrated pest management (IPM), which involves cleaning up and eliminating food and breeding sources, and using the superior products we carry for fly control.

Inspection

Where To Look

Flies are always looking for places to breed. Places that provide even the littlest of food are good enough for them. There are bound to be food traces on your porch or patio: spilled tea, cookie crumbles, sugary residue from juices, and sticky handprints of your kids somewhere on the porch–there are numerous food sources on your porch for flies. Moreover, flies have strong senses to detect odor, so they would fly in from afar if you have a welcoming porch.

What To Look For

Flies look for dirty places, especially garbage, to lay their eggs, and if your porch or patio is not thoroughly cleaned every day, it is open ground for the flies to invade. If you have pets and they have a habit of littering near your porch, that could invite in the flies as well. If there is any feces lying around in your yard or garden, flies will come around.

Treatment

Solutions Pest & Lawn has professional fly control DIY products that can help you eliminate flies on your porch. A combination of high-quality fly traps, baits, and insecticide sprays will do the trick in eliminating a fly infestation.

Step 1: Clean Up Your Porch, Patio and Yard Area

Before applying any products, we recommend cleaning up around your porch and yard. Remove and seal any outdoor garbage cans, pick up pet waste, and cover any outdoor food. This can greatly reduce the presence of flies in the area.

Step 2: Apply MaxForce Fly Spot Bait

Maxforce Fly Spot Bait is an awesome product, as it can kill flies within 60 seconds of them coming in contact with the formula.

Maxforce Fly Bait contains scent and pheromone attracts to lure flies, and the product can last up to 30 days when sprayed outdoors. 

Maxforce Fly Spot Bait comes in 16-ounce packets that you can mix in water. Mix Maxforce Flyspot Fly Bait in a spray bottle with water, shake it, and it's ready to use. Apply 8 oz. for every 1,000 sq. ft. Spray on surfaces on and around your porch where you have seen flies gather.

Step 3: Use Musca-Stik Fly Traps

Musca-Stik traps are affordable and effective fly traps that attract flies visually and via Musca-lure pheromone attractants. Sprinkle the Musca-Lure attractant into the catch basin of the trap and then hang it from a tree branch, from a window, or somewhere around your porch area. Flies will get stuck in the trap, and you can quickly dispose of them after they are full. 

Prevention

Now that you know it is very common to have house flies, especially over your porch, you might wonder how you can get rid of them and keep them away. Using the above tips and products whenever you have fly activity will ensure you effectively keep flies from invading.

If you are looking for ways to get rid of flies from your porch or patio naturally, here are some other effective ways to keep the flies at bay.

• Citronella-infused incense and candles.

You can light up citrus candles and place them on your windows or around the porch floorboard in the evening to ward off flies. What works best is citronella-infused incense, which will keep your porch smelling great in the evening and repels flies simultaneously. Other than that, citronella-infused tiki torches are also a great way to keep flies away from your porch, especially during summertime, lightening up the surroundings and working as a repellent.  

• Plant nice herbs around your porch

Planting herbs around your house is a way to make your porch look attractive and repel flies. You can put them in a pot and place them on your window bars, line them up on the porch floor, or hang them with gauge wire in glass bottles. Basil leaves, lavender, citronella grass, rosemary, and mint are fragrant and highly repellent.  

• Use essential oils after cleaning the porch

Essential oils are known for their soothing effects on our nerves, healing properties, and aromatic benefits. However, they are not as friendly to flies and other insects. Essential oils can be effectively used to make repellants for flies.

Take a spray bottle, add two cups of water, and add 24 drops of essential oil. Peppermint, lemongrass, eucalyptus, lavender, and tea tree oil are the best choices for an effective and refreshingly aromatic bug repellant.

All you have to do is clean your porch thoroughly with water, scrubbing the floorboard, door, and windows (if any). When you are done, spray the mixture you made with essential oil. The spray will leave your porch clean and fresh, acting as an antiseptic, antibacterial, and antifungal.

• Replace UV light bulbs with warm yellow bulbs

Houseflies, among many other flying insects, are phototactic. Their eyes have a special mechanism that allows them to see patterns in ultraviolet light, attracting them to white lights. UV lights are known to attract swarms of flies and insects during the night. If you have white lights on your porch or patio, you can replace them with warm orange or yellow lights, as they are less likely to attract flies. This is why flytraps have UV lights; flies are most likely to be attracted to them.  

Key Takeaways

How Do You Get Flies On your Porch or Patio?

• During warm temperatures, flies are active and frequent porch or patio areas, looking for food and a place to lay eggs.

How To Get Rid of Flies from Your Porch

• Cleanup is essential to controlling the fly problem. Locate and clean up feces, organic matter, and decaying food before applying products.
• A combination of fly baits, traps, and sprays can remove an infestation, allowing you to enjoy your porch or patio without flies.

Preventing Fly Reinfestation On Your Patio or Porch

• To keep flies from frequenting your porch or patio, utilize warm yellow bulbs for light outdoors, citronella candles, or essential oils for a natural remedy to deter flies.