CLUSTER FLIES UK!!! Flies in my loft, flies around my windows!!! This is a cluster fly INFESTATION!

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  • @johnseabrook1703
    @johnseabrook1703 2 роки тому +4

    First year in our house, we found these cluster flies in our attic, managed to vacuum them up, they were incredibly docile, so managed to get them all, without working up a sweat. Six years later, they have never returned.

    • @PestInterceptors
      @PestInterceptors  2 роки тому +2

      You were really lucky there! All it takes is for a few to be missed, they will return next winter, reproducing each year.
      Fantastic that the non toxic way worked!
      I do wonder if there were any other reasons though, maybe their food/breeding materials were removed from the surrounding area, I guess that's impossible to know.
      Great result either way. 🙂

    • @johnseabrook1703
      @johnseabrook1703 2 роки тому +1

      @@PestInterceptors cheers mate, was not a pleasant sight, when I first spotted them.

  • @ML-ks3vt
    @ML-ks3vt Рік тому +2

    Am I able to use an Electrostatic ULV Fogger with Pro-Perm insect killer for cluster flies in my attic?

    • @PestInterceptors
      @PestInterceptors  Рік тому

      I may be wrong but I don’t think fogger insecticides are residual.
      It would be good as a knock down though.

  • @doggyvonne
    @doggyvonne Рік тому +1

    can you tell me if this residual insecticide is harmful to humans? We store things in our lofts and go up there on occasions- can we get health issues from breathing it or touching it ?

    • @PestInterceptors
      @PestInterceptors  Рік тому

      This particular one is professional use only. Once it is dry it is safe for humans and animals.
      When applying the correct ppe should be used.

    • @doggyvonne
      @doggyvonne Рік тому

      we have just bought a house and there are cluster flies in the loft..the house is almost new and pristine -very clean but it has a very large non LED bracketed street lamp on the upper outside wall..do you think the flies are attracted to it? We also may have a blocked gutter /down pipe and a pooey smell in the adjacent upstairs bathroom all of which might cause the flies to gather ..what do you think? @@PestInterceptors

    • @PestInterceptors
      @PestInterceptors  Рік тому

      @@doggyvonne with flies identification is always very important.
      Presuming they are in fact cluster flies, I don’t think any of the above are things that would attract the flies.
      If you have a strange smell perhaps you should look at this problem as it may be causing the fly problem although the flies that will cause won’t be clusters.

    • @doggyvonne
      @doggyvonne Рік тому

      they are smaller and less fat than blue bottles and black, easy to catch
      @@PestInterceptors

    • @PestInterceptors
      @PestInterceptors  Рік тому

      @@doggyvonne maybe take a look at your flies compared with photos of cluster flies on Google.
      It’s difficult to say what they are in this format.
      If we are ever uncertain we send samples to an entomologist. That way you are certain 👍🏼

  • @vintagemovielover4511
    @vintagemovielover4511 3 місяці тому

    Just came after across your video looking for advice we have cluster flies in our loft some coming down into hall around cracks of skylight window, those I kill with fly spray. We have an internal loft window can see into loft & hear buzzing tapping on glass. Lots bouncing off it. I'm a carer for housebound relative is there a treatment that works without having to vacate the property which you have to do with fogging & bombing even in loft ? Thank you

    • @PestInterceptors
      @PestInterceptors  3 місяці тому

      You will want to use this residual insecticide around windows and anywhere they settle:
      Christan shared 1 Litre ADVANCED INSECT KILLER + 3 active ingredients including an IGR! By Pest Interceptors with you www.pestinterceptors.com/products/pest-interceptors-advanced-insect-killer
      And you’ll want these foggers to use in the loft space:
      Christan shared 3 x ONE SHOT AEROSOL INSECTICIDAL SPACE FOGGER by Pest Interceptors with you www.pestinterceptors.com/products/pest-interceptors-one-shot-aerosol
      The foggers in the loft won’t affect the house if you shut the loft hatch after releasing the aerosol.
      The residual spray should be used in a well ventilated space.
      Hope this helps.

    • @vintagemovielover4511
      @vintagemovielover4511 3 місяці тому

      ​@@PestInterceptors Thank you so much we are renters so wanted to know what I was talking about to find solution, they are very good at doing jobs. But don't think fully always understand things aren't so simple when carer as just do this & I don't want to seem difficult if I have info ready easier.

  • @BradLad56
    @BradLad56 Рік тому +2

    Hey I have an attic bedroom and it's just recently got flies in it again. I've just bought some fly bombs from Amazon so will that be enough to kill them all?

    • @PestInterceptors
      @PestInterceptors  Рік тому

      Are you in the uk? Has it just started to drop cold where you live recently?

    • @BradLad56
      @BradLad56 Рік тому

      @@PestInterceptors yeah I'm in Bradford, and they started showing up last month so I'd say it's been pretty cold if they're infesting my room.

    • @PestInterceptors
      @PestInterceptors  Рік тому

      The problem with cluster flies is that they can cluster in places the smoke may get too. For example, they love velux roof windows as they can get inside the hollow frames. They will also get into roof space or in the voids between the ceiling and the roof tiles in loft conversions.
      That’s why we use a residual insecticide as well as smokes or aerosols.
      You may be lucky though. Give it a try with the smoke bombs.
      Good luck from the Pest Interceptors

  • @judahbrutus
    @judahbrutus 9 місяців тому

    I have a ton hiding in my house and walls, how long until the ones already here will die? Or, simply put, how long do they live?

    • @PestInterceptors
      @PestInterceptors  9 місяців тому

      @judahbrutus it doesn’t really matter.
      The adult flies are hibernating in your house. When it’s warm they will leave, lay eggs on earthworms, the eggs hatch out and live as a parasite in the worm until they hatch out as adult flies.
      The flies then feed and mate and then they come back to where their parents came from…..your house.

  • @stevenpringle7813
    @stevenpringle7813 11 місяців тому

    When you kill them off in the loft you than have them dead in the loft. Is there a way of keeping them from getting into the soffit in the first place? If you spray the outside of the house around the soffit will they pick up the insecticide and still end up dead inside your attic?

    • @PestInterceptors
      @PestInterceptors  11 місяців тому

      You will never proof against cluster flies. It’s just pretty impossible to do so.
      And most residual insecticide doesn’t kill on contact like say a fly spray, so although it will kill them on the way to the loft, lots will still get to the loft.

    • @stevenpringle7813
      @stevenpringle7813 11 місяців тому

      @@PestInterceptors Thanks

  • @doggyvonne
    @doggyvonne 10 місяців тому

    Previous owner of the house said these flies hibernate in our loft and leave in spring but this is February and we have cluster flies coming into the upstairs of the house through one particular window frame but we cant find where the crack is -it seems sealed. Why are these flies so active and how are they getting in- i can keep killing them easily with spray but all this spray near our sleeping areas cant be good for us?

    • @PestInterceptors
      @PestInterceptors  10 місяців тому

      @doggyvonne in an artificial situation like a house, the warmth from our modern heating systems artificially wakes up the flies too early. Sometimes it will just be a really warm day and that will wake them up. Either way the flies will wake up and try to get outside (on a warm day you will see them sunning themselves on the sunny side of the house.) when the temperature drops the flies will get back inside when they realise it is still winter.
      Keep killing them, but really you need to use a residual insecticide that keeps killing for weeks after application.

  • @iamgigi9233
    @iamgigi9233 2 місяці тому

    Please help. Nearly 3 years in house and get cluster flies in the converted loft bedroom and bathroom which was there when we moved in. Sealed up many points which reduced entry drastically in 2nd year. Noticed a couple starting to come in again now its October. I was told if ceiling now boarded up the only way to get to roof to elimate them is to remove ceiling boarding. 😩 Please is there another way to get into cavities?

    • @PestInterceptors
      @PestInterceptors  2 місяці тому

      @@iamgigi9233 if there are any places you can put the nozzle of this into the loft it will release it’s entire contents into the loft and fill it with insecticide:
      It would easier if you can just put the whole can in the loft and release it, but will work if there’s a hole too:
      I just listed: Pest Interceptors - 3 x ONE Shot AEROSOL Professional Powerful Automatic Release Insect Control Fogger: Swiftly Eliminate Flying and Crawling Pests 150ml 3 Pack, for £24.99 via @amazon www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0D9HS5S6Z/ref=cx_skuctr_share?smid=A3UC9XFUHDM046

  • @Ubayd3-16
    @Ubayd3-16 Рік тому +1

    Hi we just bought a house and every year we get cluster flies, we have no pets but previous owner did, getting fed up of zapping them, although kids find it entertaining, thinking of getting a fogger but not sure what to use with it, any recommendations or tips please,

    • @PestInterceptors
      @PestInterceptors  Рік тому +1

      Erm watch the video 🤷‍♂️
      Cluster flies have nothing to do with pets in the house.
      The video tells all. 😊

    • @Joyjoy-ih1ie
      @Joyjoy-ih1ie Рік тому

      They vanish with laundry detergent

    • @doggyvonne
      @doggyvonne 10 місяців тому

      How? Do you leave a dish of powder up in the loft or what?@@Joyjoy-ih1ie

  • @BobbyLad
    @BobbyLad Рік тому +2

    Nice video, we've just had a skylight installed and have loads up there. Saw a clip saying WD40 works but i dont believe that lol. Not tried it though.

    • @PestInterceptors
      @PestInterceptors  Рік тому

      We hear WD40 solves lots of pest problems. The latest one was for pigeons! 🤷‍♂️
      I suppose it may mask the pheromones left by the cluster flies? Perhaps 🤔
      At the least it will keep your windows from rusting 🤗 so no harm in trying (but it will only mask what it is sprayed onto)

  • @srouse7521
    @srouse7521 Рік тому

    What are you spraying on the window frames ?

    • @PestInterceptors
      @PestInterceptors  Рік тому

      A residual insecticide made for ‘resting’ flies.
      Cluster flies rest on and cluster inside window frames sometimes.

    • @srouse7521
      @srouse7521 Рік тому +1

      @@PestInterceptors thank you , I have hundreds of these in past few days and driving me mad . I’ve been reading up and everything points towards cluster flies . They seem to appear from nowhere in my kitchen extension where I have 3 velum windows . What do you suggest I do please ? I can’t afford to get someone in so would need to sort on my own . Thank you so much for taking the time to reply

    • @srouse7521
      @srouse7521 Рік тому

      @@PestInterceptors I bought some spray from screwfix tonight … do you think it will do
      Please ?
      Zero in Ultra Power Household Pest Killer

    • @PestInterceptors
      @PestInterceptors  Рік тому +1

      @@srouse7521 if you’re in the uk it’s way too early for cluster flies. They start to come in houses in the cold of late autumn you see.
      Identity of the fly is paramount. You can send me a photo if you like. help@pestinterceptors.co.uk

    • @srouse7521
      @srouse7521 Рік тому

      @@PestInterceptors thanks for the offer . I’m in Glasgow and we have seen a drop in temps of about 5-7 degrees in last few weeks . I will send you a picture .

  • @heartlessangel33
    @heartlessangel33 2 роки тому +1

    We moved into our house a few years ago and we didn’t have them for 2 years? But the last 2 years they’ve been back. Is there anything we can do to stop them year on year? Thank you in advance :)

    • @PestInterceptors
      @PestInterceptors  2 роки тому

      The secret is to use a residual insecticide. As far as I know there aren’t any non professional use insecticides.
      Even with professional use insecticides it is a challenge to get rid of Cluster flies.
      Sorry to be the harbinger of bad news.

    • @Phildo83
      @Phildo83 Рік тому

      What brand insecticide ? I have the same issue can’t get rid of them

  • @justincoles3637
    @justincoles3637 Місяць тому

    we found cluster flies in our loft yesterday...must have been upwards of 10,000, we spent the last 24 hours using fly spry in the voids, down the felt etc etc......today i had the joy of cleaning up the dead bodies....... fingers crossed we were very very lucky, could have ben potentially a small swarm thats relocated for some reason...still have pest killers coming out though#

    • @PestInterceptors
      @PestInterceptors  Місяць тому

      @justincoles3637 why not just buy the products tagged in the video? Save yourself a fortune. 🤷‍♂️☺️

  • @judypoole5174
    @judypoole5174 2 роки тому +1

    I've just started getting loads of flies in the house over the last two days. They're quite big, very quiet and slow when they're flying. I keep finding them dead on the floor, windowledges, and anywhere else they literally drop, like on the work surfaces, on shelves, or even in a vase. Any idea what I can do?

    • @PestInterceptors
      @PestInterceptors  2 роки тому +1

      They sound more likely to be House , Bluebottle or Greenbottle flies.
      Did you notice a weird smell recently? Then the smell disappeared and a few weeks later you got flies.
      All these types of fly lay eggs on carrion. Once the maggots eat the dead animal they pupate and re-emerge a couple of weeks later as adult flies. For the first few hours they are really dumb and docile.
      Hope that helps.

  • @Flauntingg
    @Flauntingg 2 роки тому +1

    I had these on Velux windows in a new property. I didn’t realise that when they were killed they released a smell so after squashing loads of them the top floor stinks of flies still. Any advice on how to get rid of the smell? It’s awful!

    • @PestInterceptors
      @PestInterceptors  2 роки тому +1

      Get rid of them professionally and there is no need to squash them.
      The smell you are smelling is actually coming off the live flies, it’s a pheromone to attract more of their friends to their cluster site.

    • @Flauntingg
      @Flauntingg 2 роки тому +1

      @@PestInterceptors if I see another swarm I definitely will get someone out. We had just moved in and saw them so I panicked and just started killing them . Never seen anything like it before! 😬As of right now I can’t see any at all, i smoke bombed the loft and some more came out but since then nothing and the top floor of the house still has a horrible smell to it

  • @KING_TRADES
    @KING_TRADES 2 роки тому

    Hi mate I live on top floor apartment and I’m seing lots of lies outside my 2 of my windows, and it’s been getting a worse over the past week I have none in my flat as I keep all the windows closed but I need some advice on what to do

    • @PestInterceptors
      @PestInterceptors  2 роки тому

      You need to wait until they are all inside (after a hard frost) and then treat them. A residual insecticide is needed really, and residual ones are usually professional use only.

  • @Music4u2relax
    @Music4u2relax Рік тому +1

    Thanks got them in my loft in country, horrible up there putting a bomb in now.

    • @PestInterceptors
      @PestInterceptors  Рік тому

      Always best to wait until the first frost of winter has happened. 👍🏼

  • @slicklace
    @slicklace 2 роки тому +1

    I need you guys at my house!! Where in the U.K. are you based?

    • @PestInterceptors
      @PestInterceptors  2 роки тому

      We are based in Stourbridge, West Midlands. But we cover a large area.

  • @johnnunn8688
    @johnnunn8688 2 роки тому

    Do you use bifenthrin? That’s what I used in Australia for many pests; termites, redback spiders, cockroaches, etc. If you want to see flies, go to Western Australia in the spring and early summer. Absolutely shocking. Ugh!

    • @PestInterceptors
      @PestInterceptors  2 роки тому +1

      We use a residual insecticide that is designed for resting flies. I think it was Cimetrol Super on this one, not sure what the actives are in it.
      Australian pests make our UK pests look well tame!!!
      The Pest Interceptors are hoping to go check out pests from around the world in the coming years....lets hope Australia is one of the places!

    • @johnnunn8688
      @johnnunn8688 2 роки тому

      @@PestInterceptors, I used bifenthrin for residual for roaches, flies, spiders, all sorts. My main job was spraying sand pads before poly, mesh and concrete goes down. All new builds in Western Oz, have to have it done.

    • @PestInterceptors
      @PestInterceptors  2 роки тому

      @@johnnunn8688 that sounds like a great law! Rare things! 😂

  • @sugarpuff2978
    @sugarpuff2978 2 роки тому +1

    I'm not sure if I have cluster flies or house flies but there are loads of them the whole time. I might have to call someone in to help but I have pets and I'm worried about any chemicals hurting them. We have a tiny one bedroom bungalow so no where to hide away from anything dangerous that may be used.

    • @sugarpuff2978
      @sugarpuff2978 2 роки тому

      They seem to be hanging around outside he bathroom window and bathroom air brick but that side of the house is in constant shade.

    • @PestInterceptors
      @PestInterceptors  2 роки тому +1

      If you’re in the uk and you’ve had them during the summer, it’s very unlikely to be cluster flies.
      Most of the treatments/chemicals we use on cluster flies are totally fine around dogs, once they product is dry.
      We’re are you based?

    • @sugarpuff2978
      @sugarpuff2978 2 роки тому

      @@PestInterceptors We're in Kent so I don't think we are near you unfortunately. We seem to get this every year but we've never been able to see where they were (possibly) entering before. We just assumed them were house flies until this point.

    • @PestInterceptors
      @PestInterceptors  2 роки тому

      @@sugarpuff2978 like I say, if you’re getting them in the summer months it’s not going to be cluster flies.
      House flies, green bottle fly and blue bottle flies are all carrion flies, they reproduce on dead meat.
      There is a lesser house fly, that’s the annoying fly that flies around your light fitting in the middle of the room in a strange triangle or square flight path and it does it for days on end. Similar looking and same size as a cluster fly. About half the size of a house fly.

    • @sugarpuff2978
      @sugarpuff2978 2 роки тому

      @@PestInterceptors I think we've only had them over the last week or so but this does seem to happen yearly and happens all of sudden. I can't have the windows open even to cook because then they all come in. Yesterday I probably dealt with in excess of thirty flies all at once. Do you think they could be house flies/green bottles/blue bottles? I know they aren't the lesser house fly. Thank you.

  • @RichDavey
    @RichDavey 2 роки тому +1

    Great informative video. Have them in my loft. Been using an insecticide we got for fleas. Killing them each spray round the velux gaps. Going to get a smoke bomb or two 👍

    • @PestInterceptors
      @PestInterceptors  2 роки тому

      We are glad you liked it (hope we got a subscribe off you 😉) but don’t forget that the wet spray we use as professionals is a residual insecticide, in other words, once it dries it stays as an effective insecticide and keeps killing for months afterwards.
      It’s also an insecticide that is designed for ‘resting flies”.
      Thanks for watching 👍🏼

    • @RichDavey
      @RichDavey 2 роки тому +2

      @@PestInterceptors ok. I guess it’s professional users only for the residual insecticide is it? Am thinking they could be in the cavity between brickwork too. Have just ordered 3 bombs. Was wondering how they get in my bathroom. I think possibly through the Extractor via the brick cavity

    • @PestInterceptors
      @PestInterceptors  2 роки тому +1

      @@RichDavey yes I think it’s only professional that is residual, not sure though.
      Cluster flies can get through tiny gaps, but what they are following is light. When you have your heating on the heat can warm up wherever they are hibernating. The flies think it’s spring time. They wake up and try to find a way out. If they do this at night, when the heating is on its hottest, there is no light outside. So they will be drawn to any light they can find.
      If you have lights in the bathroom they are likely to be sunken lights. These lights have to be open in the loft. Hence they attract the flies.

    • @RichDavey
      @RichDavey 2 роки тому

      @@PestInterceptors looks like you know your stuff 👍 hopefully I will get rid of them. I will spray around the lights in the bathroom 👍

    • @PestInterceptors
      @PestInterceptors  2 роки тому +1

      @@RichDavey and try to keep the lights off as much as you can. No light, no flies. Plus with the price of electric atm…..👍🏼

  • @julianmarsh7993
    @julianmarsh7993 2 роки тому +1

    The buzzing when you kill them is preturbing.

  • @johnnunn8688
    @johnnunn8688 2 роки тому

    I’ve never seen those flies, ever.

    • @PestInterceptors
      @PestInterceptors  2 роки тому

      They return in greater numbers year after year! Horrible little earth worm parasites!
      Thankfully they don't carry disease!

  • @sallybaggs6421
    @sallybaggs6421 3 роки тому +1

    Eugh nasty things x

    • @PestInterceptors
      @PestInterceptors  3 роки тому +1

      They really are awful things!!! I never know who to feel more sorry for, the home owner or the poor earthworm the cluster fly has killed!

    • @sallybaggs6421
      @sallybaggs6421 3 роки тому

      @@PestInterceptors keep up the awesome work 👍

    • @aogracy1604
      @aogracy1604 3 роки тому +1

      Nice video best on UA-cam about cluster flies!

  • @gina2190
    @gina2190 6 місяців тому

    London is fly city tiny by the billion and sizes u can see too it’s nuts it’s unhealthy and does your head in big time even the pubs have tons u cannot get away from them if I spray any more permethrin I’ll choke to death. Everyone started hanging clothes outside it’s plain nuts

    • @PestInterceptors
      @PestInterceptors  6 місяців тому

      Lots of different flies. Most can be removed by just removing the breeding materials. Good luck with that in a city though!

    • @PestInterceptors
      @PestInterceptors  6 місяців тому

      Remove the breeding material..remove the flies. ✅