Things You'll Need

Instructions

Apple Cider Vinegar

1

Fill a small dish with 1 part apple cider vinegar and 1 part water. Add two drops of dish soap and mix together with a spoon.
2

Place the dish near fruit and other heavily infested fly areas. Let the mixture-filled dish sit for several hours.
3

Examine the dish regularly. Replace the dish with fresh solution when the small dish fills with dead flies.

DIY Fly Paper

1

Cut a brown paper bag into 2 inch wide strips. Place them to the side.
2

Pour 1/4 cup of corn syrup into a bowl large enough to hold the strips. Add 1 tbsp. of brown sugar and 1 tbsp. of granulated sugar. Mix the contents together with a spoon.
3

Submerge the strips into the sticky mixture and let them soak for several minutes. Use a knife to help spread the mixture over the strips.
4

Lay the strips in an out of the way location where they will not be disturbed and let them dry overnight. Poke a hole at the top of each strip, pull a piece of string through the hole and hang the homemade flypaper in the desired locations.

DIY Fly Prevention

1

Keep the lid on garbage cans at all times. Giving the flies' access to the trash will allow them the ideal area to breed and feed.
2

Remove animal droppings from your yard on a regular basis. This will take away a food source as well as a location for flies to lay their eggs.
3

Fill small sachets with dried cloves or bay leaves around your home to deter flies.
4

Dampen scraps of cloth with eucalyptus oil and place in locations where flies are typically a problem.