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Fly control in Kansas

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Flies in Kansas: what to know

Around Kansas

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 Kansas: what the public record shows

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

About 20,000 face flies recorded one winter in the attic of a rural house near Manhattan, Kansas

Overwintering flies counted in one Kansas attic

Accumulated attic flies can number in the thousands by winter, which is why a handful appearing indoors in February is not the whole population.

K-State Research and Extension

The face fly, similar to the house fly but darker, with silvery rather than golden markings between and beneath the eyes; cluster flies also occur

Most common attic fly in Kansas

Kansas differs from the northern tier, where cluster flies dominate the attic fly complaint.

K-State Research and Extension

Winter survival can be as low as 2 percent, so dead flies accumulate by the bucketful and attract carpet beetles that then damage carpets and woolens

Why dead attic flies matter

Ignoring an attic fly problem trades a nuisance fly for a fabric pest.

K-State Research and Extension

Fly species recorded in Kansas

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 Kansas

Face flies aggregate on outer walls in early fall, overwinter as adults, and become a nuisance indoors in late winter and early spring; pasture densities peak mid- to late summer.

K-State: attic flies survive freezing by storing glycerol as an antifreeze, do not breed indoors, and re-enter living space through wall voids and sash-window pulley openings, so exclusion must be done before fall.

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: K-State Research and Extension; 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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Fly control in Kansas

Flies in Kansas: what to know

Around Kansas

What to note

A useful next step

Flies in Kansas: what the public record shows

Fly species recorded in Kansas

When flies are busiest in Kansas

For context, nationally

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