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CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
Wed Sep 14, 2022, 01:38 PM Sep 2022

Getting rid of big black flies...

I dunno how they got in, but they are crawling around between the screen and the window in my bathroom. Anything I can do? (except remove the screen because I don't know and how and then I wouldn't be able to get it back in again).

When I saw one the other day I was just hoping it would die of starvation between the window and the screen but apparently that isn't happening.

I don't know how they are getting in or I would somehow seal that off. It's a second floor window.



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Getting rid of big black flies... (Original Post) CTyankee Sep 2022 OP
Do you think they could be cluster flies? LuckyCharms Sep 2022 #1
It might be worth your while to get a handyman to check the seal of your windows and screens hlthe2b Sep 2022 #2
put in frog in there with them? GenXer47 Sep 2022 #3
Kick nt XanaDUer2 Sep 2022 #4

hlthe2b

(102,276 posts)
2. It might be worth your while to get a handyman to check the seal of your windows and screens
Wed Sep 14, 2022, 01:41 PM
Sep 2022

Not only will it take care of the current problem but maybe keep a few mosquitoes out if you open windows next spring/summer.

If they CAN get in, they WILL.

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