Register a house that has been taken over by a fly infestation
Wooden houses are beautiful, comfortable and romantic. However, they sometimes attract unwanted guests. A house cleaner had the task of cleaning up a fly infestation in a client’s home.
Having a log cabin in the woods where you can escape whenever you want is a dream come true. However, your log cabin dream can turn into a nightmare once you find out who loves living in log cabins: flies.
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A house cleaner shared a series of videos on TikTok showing a fly infestation she found in her client’s home. The gross scene is not uncommon. Let’s take a look at its story and what causes fly infestations in wooden houses.
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A house cleaner shared a video of a wooden cabin covered in flies.
The first 53-second video shared on TikTok by @teresataptt950 of “fly-maggedon” showed a scene from a horror movie. Thousands of dead flies were scattered all over the floors, stairs, tables and even in the kitchen. Theresa grimaced as she zoomed in on part of the pile of dead flies.
“Some log cabins. Black flies breed in tree trunks. Look how much. “10k plus,” the text in the video said. Teresa stated that the homeowners had been out of town for two weeks.
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“Look at all those flies,” she said, moving the camera around the room to show the carnage. “They come out of logs, just so you know. They don’t have anything rotting here. Sometimes rich people with wooden houses have this problem.”
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In two follow-up videos, she showed other areas of the house infested with dead flies, including a pile of expired wine glasses in the kitchen, and her efforts to vacuum them. “They said get a log cabin. They said it’s romantic,” she joked in one video.
Many comments on Teresa’s post indicated that there might be a body in the house. “No, it’s a real thing, they’re on the books. I’ve done a lot of log homes that have this problem. It’s bad, but it’s not unique,” Teresa replied.
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Others who previously owned or lived in a log house said they faced the same problem. “OMG! I finally got the answer to the fly problem we had in a log cabin we lived in in Indiana! I thought we needed an exorcism or something,” one commenter said.
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Why are wooden houses infested with flies?
According to Mountain Home Building Products, a company that sells wooden home products, cluster flies are one of several types of insects that prey on wooden homes. Flies make their way into wooden homes through small openings and cracks in the home.
Cluster fly infestations are most prevalent in late fall and early winter when they are looking for a warm place to hibernate. blog log. Fortunately, the flies do not reproduce or lay eggs inside tree trunks, so they either leave or die, according to The Verge. Home life.
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The best defense against insect infestation is to seal any small cracks or crevices around the house. It is not recommended to use pesticides to get rid of flies as they may cause more harm to your family and pets. Plus, the flies will likely die on their own, and you’ll have a mess of dead flies to clean up either way.
