Around Maine
Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.
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Local fly information
Fly control in Maine
Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.
Flies in Maine: what to know
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 Maine: what the public record shows
Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which flies actually live in Maine, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.
Four or more
Cluster fly generations per season in Maine
The population builds all summer in lawn soil before moving indoors.
University of Maine Cooperative ExtensionSlightly larger than a house fly, with yellowish hairs on the thorax
Cluster fly identification in Maine
The golden thorax hairs separate a cluster fly from the house fly homeowners assume they have.
University of Maine Cooperative ExtensionParasites of earthworms
Cluster fly larval host
Treating the lawn does nothing, because the adults do not stay on treated turf.
University of Maine Cooperative ExtensionFly species recorded in Maine
- 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…
When flies are busiest in Maine
Short outdoor season; cluster flies seek indoor shelter in fall and reappear indoors through winter and early spring.
UMaine Extension treats cluster flies as a structural exclusion problem, with prevention fact sheets aimed at keeping the flies from finding their way indoors.
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 Maine Cooperative 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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