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Fly control in Georgia

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Flies in Georgia: what to know

Around Georgia

Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.

What to note

Where you see flies, how long it has been going on, and anything you’ve already tried are the most useful details to mention.

A useful next step

Ask about an inspection, what treatment would involve, and whether follow-up visits are included. You don’t need to identify the problem yourself before getting in touch.

Local research

Flies in Georgia: what the public record shows

Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which flies actually live in Georgia, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.

Females live about a week and lay 100 to 400 eggs; egg to adult takes 14 to 24 days in warm weather

Stable fly eggs and life cycle in Georgia

A compost or grass-clipping pile turns over a full stable fly generation in about three weeks.

University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

May breed all year, but are mainly pests in spring and fall

Stable fly season in the South

Georgia's biting-fly complaints cluster in spring and fall rather than midsummer.

University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

Females deposit eggs in spoiled or fermenting plant matter such as decomposing grass clippings or hay

Backyard compost as a stable fly source

UGA warns that a poorly managed compost pile supplies the whole neighborhood with biting flies.

University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

Fly species recorded in Georgia

House fly (Musca domestica) — Non-biting; breeds in manure, garbage, lawn clippings, decaying produce. 45 days at 60°F to 7 days at 95°F. Carries bacteria and viruses causing diarrhea, cholera, food poisonin…
Stable fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) — Biting fly with bayonet-like proboscis; about 12 days egg to adult; peaks early summer.

When flies are busiest in Georgia

Stable flies can breed year-round in the South but peak in spring and fall; indoor small flies run year-round.

UGA urban entomology advice for small flies is to find the larval feeding site and clean or dry it out, remove garbage including the liner at least twice a week, and clean receptacles twice a month.

For context, nationally

About 45 days at 60°F; 7 days at 95°F — House fly life cycle vs temperature. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
75–150 per cluster; 350 to 900 in a lifetime — House fly eggs per female. University of New Hampshire Extension

Sources: University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; Texas A&M AgriLife Extension; University of New Hampshire Extension; Flies (Home and Landscape). Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources

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Albany

Humid Subtropical · suburban setting

Fly control in Georgia

Flies in Georgia: what to know

Around Georgia

What to note

A useful next step

Flies in Georgia: what the public record shows

Fly species recorded in Georgia

When flies are busiest in Georgia

For context, nationally

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Smyrna

Valdosta

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Canton

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