History of Fight the Filthy Fly Month

History of Fight the Filthy Fly Month

A menace to houses, eating establishments, and animals alike, flies unscrupulously make themselves at home around uncovered food, garbage, and moisture, as they look for easy sources of sustenance to sustain their month-long lifespan. Usually active during warmer seasons, flies of various kinds are found in warm areas where unpleasant stenches come to the fore.

Conditions that attract these pesky critters include garbage cans or garbage that has been left out improperly, rotting fruit or uncovered food, spilled liquids that cause stagnant puddles, and animal remains in the yard or in between your house foundations, and the uncleaned insides of drains. Given their rapid reproduction rate, flies can swiftly appear without warning and might overwhelm areas of your house or business if kept unchecked.

Flies are very effective carriers of disease because of their habit of hanging around filthy areas and feeding on garbage and droppings. Their role in nature is to mainly break down and consume garbage, decaying plants, and animal carcasses as a way to speed up the decomposition process. However, after they’re done, they are free and agile enough to fly anywhere they can, even into your surroundings. When abundant, flies pose a serious risk to your health as they can transmit diseases easily through their contaminated bodies onto your skin or through your food. These illnesses include diarrhea, typhoid, meningitis, hepatitis, food poisoning, and many others.

Many preventive measures can be taken to eradicate them from your surroundings, from covering potential fly-attracting areas, using bug spray, planting specific plants in your garden, and cleaning up after your pets to calling pest control when the problem gets out of hand. Fight the Filthy Fly Month reminds us to keep our surroundings and our environment clean and fly-free.

 

Fight the Filthy Fly Month Activities

1. Take preventive steps

   There are a variety of methods to help keep flies away from your surroundings. Some methods, such as using fly swatters, installing zappers, glue traps, or even lighting an open candle on your dinner table can help deter these fliers from zooming around unwanted areas.

2. Sanitize your surroundings

   Make sure that all odor-emitting foods are covered, garbage cans are shut, rotting fruit is thrown away, puddles mopped, and gardens regularly sprayed to prevent conditions that can attract flies.

3. Spread the word

   Take to your social media pages to remind everyone about Fight the Filthy Fly Month. Doing so will help spread awareness and help remind others to keep their environments free of flies.

    

Stop by the office and pick up 2 free fly traps per Jackson County residents.