House Flies



The House fly is widespread all over the world, and in Sri Lanka it is the most annoying flying insect pest.

Flies are not only a serious nuisance but of greater concern is its potential of carrier as disease organisms, such as dysentery, typhoid, anthrax, cholera, hepatitis & tuberculosis, food poisoning, salmonella. They also can transmit intestinal worms.



Integrated Fly Management

The goal of Integrated House Fly Management is to prevent or reduce problems caused by House Flies. The best control of House Flies is prevention.

Treatment Method

The treatment will be carried out by spraying a residual insecticide to all infested areas, breeding spots & harborage areas.

The treatment will control the House Fly infestation at the premises. The treatment will be carried out by highly trained technicians according to the EIFM-Standards.

  Facts about House Flies

        •   Do you know that you see only 15% of a House Fly infestation, there is another
              85% as eggs, larva & pupa

        •   The adult female fly starts mating within a week after reaching adulthood.

        •   Flies lay 100-150 eggs per day

        •   Life span of an adult house fly is usually 2-4 weeks

        •   Ancient dwellers in the land of Canaan chose Baal, king of the flies, as their
              chief god.

        •   Ancient Egyptians felt biting flies were the symbol of Determination, Perseverance,
              and Valor, and gold medals in the shape of flies were presented to soldiers.

        •   It has been calculated that if all the offspring from a single House Fly were able to
             mate, and survive for only 5 months, the Earth would be covered completely with a
             47 foot deep layer of flies. That calculates to be about 191,010,000,000,000 flies -
             one hundred ninety one trillion, ten billion flies.

        •   The filthy House Fly tastes with its feet, which are 10 million times more sensitive
              to sugar than is the human tongue.

        •   The largest kind of fly is probably a "robber" fly from South America - almost 2 ½
              inches long.

        •   Maggot Therapy involves placing live maggots onto wounds on humans. The
             maggots used feed only on dead tissues, eating away the dead skin and
             stimulating the healing process. This is particularly effective on severe burn
             victims.

        •   This benefit of having wounds infested with living maggots was discovered on
              soldiers, wounded in battle, who were left in the field so long that flies laid their
              eggs on them. Their wounds healed more quickly than those brought into field
              hospitals.

        •   It has been reported that as many as 1 million children in Africa die each year from
              Dysentery spread, in great part, by flies.