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About Us
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Introduction
Whatever the size, flies can be serious problems.
Flies are frequent indoor pest problems. They contaminate
food, transmit diseases and generally annoy people. Many health experts
consider filth-breeding flies like the common house fly to be a major health
threat.
There are many different kinds of flies that can become
problems indoors. Identifying the pest fly is the first step towards solving
a fly problem. Some small flies breed indoors. Other, larger flies may be
breeding outdoors and following odour and heat "trails" into
buildings. Once the pest fly has been identified, conditions contributing to
the problem can be identified and corrected. Flytraps can often be used to
help control existing problems.
Conditions that sometimes contribute to fly problems
include the type and position of lighting, location of garbage handling
equipment, sanitation procedures and their effectiveness, the types screens,
caulking and other physical barriers and the type of surrounding habitat.
Common
Flies
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Blow Flies typically
breed in animal carcasses but also in garbage
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Cluster Flies breed outdoors, overwinter
indoors
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Fruit Flies breed in
fruits, vegetables and decaying organic matter
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Fungus Gnats breed
in soil and damp locations
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House Flies breed in
garbage, manure, decaying organic matter
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Moth Flies typically
breed in drains
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Phorid Flies breed
in drains, garbage, rotting organic matter
Control
Several types of flytraps are available to trap flies.
Some attract flies to a food bait. Others use special lights to attract
flies to an electrocution grid or sticky boards. Traps are not a replacement
for good sanitation procedures and good fly-proofing but can be very useful
in eliminating those flies that accidentally enter buildings. Flytraps are
especially useful in monitoring for the presence of pest flies so that other
control measures can be implemented when required.
The Pest Management Professional at Professional
Ecological Services Ltd. can design a fly prevention and management program
that is right for you. The program will be aimed at preventing fly problems
through proper sanitation, physical barriers and the use of flytraps. If
flies are already a problem, contact us. We can identify the flies and make
the appropriate recommendations.
To see some of the application and control equipment and materials we use to
manage insect and bug pests click here.
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If you need service
for controlling a
fly infestation,
call
us now.
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PES Professional Ecological Services Ltd.
98-B Burnside Road West, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
V9A 1B5
Phone: (250) 383-2445
Fax: (250) 383-6775
e-mail: services@pestvictoria.com
We provide professional integrated pest
management (IPM) services, a high-tech form of pest control. We are called
professional pest managers, not exterminators or fumigators. We provide
pest management, not extermination or fumigation. Excluding pests before they
cause a pest offence is a good example of IPM at work.
If You Need Professional
Services from Your Pest Control and
Pest
Management Experts,
for pests in Greater Victoria, British Columbia (B.C. or BC), Canada
Contact Us Now!
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February 2002
contact webmaster at: services@pestvictoria.com
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