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FatSpottedAppy
12-16-2008, 07:43 PM
I had this same problem last winter and it's annoying the heck out of me.

Here's the deal:
All year round I have at least one type of pest that is always coming into my room. During summer it's black wasps.. I can say I spray at the very very least 20 a summer because they somehow make it into my room through my (closed) windows. No idea how to get to their nest.

In the winter its flies.. and this is the BIG one. I have no idea how to get rid of them! They don't show up in the summer, they just show up in the winter. My Mom's boyfriend said its because of the heat in my room? Anyway, I have to vacuum every couple of days becaue there are always a tons of them dead on my floor. Yesterday my Mom bug bombed my room for me while I was in school, lots dead, I vacuumed them all up.. And guess what? This morning I counted at least 20 on my floor. Tonight there has to be around 70-80, maybe more. I don't know where they're coming from! They always show up dieing.. on the ground spinning, slamming into my computer monitor, etc. Shouldn't they all be dead? Does anyone have any explanation or advice on how to get rid of these nasty little things? I don't think its food. They only come during winter time..

mare
12-16-2008, 08:28 PM
lol. I understand. Don't have answers, though. I suspect those nasty flies don't eat near as much as I used to think.

I had one in my room when I was doing an internship far from family. I named him "howard." People asked how I came up with the name, natch. It was because he begged the question, "How hard can a fly beat its head against the ceiling/wall/window before it dies?" Real, real hard. It outlasted my three months.

Wasps? I smack with a fly swatter. Always miss. Run, ducking. Go back in for another try. Repeat (several times). Finally victorious.

Flies? I smack with a fly swatter. Always miss. Fly hides until I go to bed. Fly buzzes around again. I hunt. Give up. Fly buzzes around. I hunt. Repeat until summer or accidently kill fly.

Good luck :)

Kaitlyn
12-16-2008, 08:47 PM
Must be a potter county thing because we have that problem in our house if we open the balcony doors. Don't know what the hell gives but when we were up there for T-day there was enough of them to make me angry lol.

cloedoll
12-16-2008, 09:12 PM
OMG! Ahh, that sounds plain scary...I have no idea...I feel bad for you though! =(