Flies can be a real nuisanceespecially during the summer months, when we have the windows at home open. Surely more than once a summer meal at home has been ruined for you: As soon as you take out the dishes, the heavy flies swarm around them and there is no way to chase them away.
Instead of resorting to insecticides full of toxic substances For you and the environment, you can opt for natural products with ingredients that you surely have at home.
Summer flies: it is best not to attract them
Flies reproduce more quickly when it’s hotwhich is why there are many more in summer. In just 7 to 14 days, their eggs can hatch into adult flies.
In the hot and humid climates They find the ideal environment to feed and reproduce, since high temperatures favor the maturation and decomposition of food, something that greatly attracts these insects.
The essential thing to keep flies out of your house is eliminate everything that attracts themthat is, leftover food, overripe fruit, the open trash can, pet waste… It is advisable to place all the food in the house in the refrigerator or in airtight containers, take out the trash frequently and keep the house (and, above all, the kitchen) very clean. Mosquito nets will also be useful in areas where there are many flies.
However, there are some very common elements in all homes that can be very useful to scare away flies: the lemon, cloves and vinegar cleaning.
MAKE YOUR OWN HOMEMADE FLY REPELLENT
The smell of lemon, cloves and vinegar cleaning repels flies and, if you combine them, you can use them to make your own natural insecticide. To do this, get a glass bottle, if possible with a sprayer, and follow these steps.
- Mix two parts cleaning vinegar to one part water.
- Place a slice of lemon inside along with ten cloves.
- Renew it every four or five days.
Other natural remedies against flies
Other natural remedies to scare away flies are:
- aromatic herbs: Flies do not like strong herbal smells, so it may be helpful to plant, in your garden or in pots, aromatic herbs such as basil, mint, lavender or bay leaf in your house. Distribute sprigs or bags of lavender around the house it will also help you repel flies.
- Essential oils: Some essential oils are especially useful for repelling flies, such as those from eucalyptus, lavender, mint or lemon. Mix a few drops of one of these essential oils with water, place it in a spray container and spray it in the areas where there are more flies.
Fly trap with vinegar and sugar
Flies, like all animals, play a role in ecosystems and, although they can be annoying, It is best to scare them away, not eliminate them.. However, there are cases in which there are so many that repelling them with the natural remedies that we have mentioned before is not enough. In this case, the homemade trapswhich kill flies, can help you reduce the infestation.
apple cider vinegarunlike the cleaning vinegar that we mentioned before, has a fermented smell that attracts flies and you can use it to make a fly trap: mix the apple cider vinegar with water, sugar and a few drops of soap for plates (not too many, two or three will be enough) inside a glass. Cover it with paper and make some holes so that flies can access it, which will enter, attracted by the smell, and become trapped.
On the other hand, instead of the fly trap strips commercial ones, which contain chemicals, you can choose to make them yourself at home spreading strips of newspaper with a very thin layer of honey or other sticky substance and hang them. Flies will be attracted to the sweetness, get trapped and die.