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Fly control in Michigan

Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.

Flies in Michigan: what to know

Around Michigan

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 Michigan: what the public record shows

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

17,234,017 layers, 4,829,282 pullets and 1,975,551 turkeys

Michigan layer and turkey inventory, 2022 Census of Agriculture

Michigan's layer flock is among the largest in the country, and confined poultry manure is a primary house fly breeding substrate near those operations.

USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service

1,116,557 cattle and calves; milk from cows sold valued at $2,696,476,000, ranking 6th among states

Michigan dairy and cattle scale

Dairy manure handling in Michigan's cattle counties is the largest single driver of house fly and stable fly production near rural homes.

USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service

Michigan's manure GAAMPs state that stability of the composted end product "and its potential to produce nuisance odors, and/or to be a breeding area for flies, depends upon the degree of organic material decomposition and the final moisture content"

State manure guidance ties composting quality to fly breeding

Wet, incompletely decomposed manure or compost on a neighboring property is a recognized fly source in Michigan, not just an odor problem.

Michigan Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development / MDARD

Michigan's state manure guidance treats fly breeding as a function of decomposition and final moisture content, so keeping manure and compost dry and fully decomposed is the state-recognized control lever.

Rules that apply in Michigan

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: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service; Michigan Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development / MDARD; Texas A&M AgriLife Extension; University of New Hampshire Extension. Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources

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Ann Arbor

Humid Continental · urban setting

Fly control in Michigan

Flies in Michigan: what to know

Around Michigan

What to note

A useful next step

Flies in Michigan: what the public record shows

Rules that apply in Michigan

For context, nationally

Explore Michigan cities

Ann Arbor

Dearborn

Detroit

Farmington Hills

Flint

Grand Rapids

Kalamazoo

Lansing

Livonia

Pontiac

Rochester Hills

Southfield

St. Clair Shores

Sterling Heights

Taylor

Troy

Warren

Westland

Wyoming

Midland

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