How to Get Rid of Flies, Summer’s Unwanted Guests

Every once in a while, and increasingly in summer, a fly will get into my apartment, and it just won’t leave! I’ll admit it’s entertaining to watch my cat do mid-air acrobatics trying to catch the pesky bug, but it’s far less amusing when it’s buzzing around the bedroom while we’re trying to sleep. And just when you think it’s finally gone, it pops up in a different room. Ack!

That whole “house flies only live for 24 hours” concept is a total myth, by the way—in fact, these pesky bugs can live up to a month, according to Orkin, giving them plenty of time to pester your pets and slowly drive you to the brink of despair. (Don’t even get me started on fruit flies, which can live even longer and produce hundreds of offspring!) If you need to get rid of flies quickly, here are all the ways you can trap them, repel them, and ultimately just keep them away from your home.

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