why are there dozens of flies in my kitchen?

[Anonymous]

Every day for the past couple of days, I've come home to several dozen flies swarming my kitchen.
Where the heck are they coming from? Trash has been taken out several times. Have checked for errant bags with old fruit or forgotten lunch boxes. If there's a dead animal in the walls or my husband has a body rolled up in a rug somewhere I cannot smell it. We've never had this issue before and are not dirty people. Please DCUM, help me figure this mystery out. Or give me your best tips on getting rid of flies.

[Anonymous]

Something died. That’s what’s attracting the flies.

[Anonymous]

Open your cabinets and smell.

[Anonymous]

Drain flies, perhaps? Or fruit flies? Are they very tiny? Or more medium sized?

[Anonymous]

They're typical house flies. We've searched all around and haven't found a culprit. I'm scared.

[Anonymous]

Dozens of house flies? That is odd. Have you checked your outdoor trashcan, or around the exterior entrances? We’ve also noticed a few flies in recent weeks, which is unusual for us, but they’re getting in from the back door.

[Anonymous]

They are coming from the body you buried in the basement...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They are coming from the body you buried in the basement...

EX DH?

[Anonymous]

We had this happen a few years ago. We eventually found the culprit - a bag of rotten potatoes way in the back of a cabinet that we had forgotten about. I guess keep looking, there must be something rotting in there.

[Anonymous]

Regular flies? A fly got into the house, laid eggs and they hatched. I think that happened to us a couple years ago. I kept a fly swatter handy, got them all, and moved on with my life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We had this happen a few years ago. We eventually found the culprit - a bag of rotten potatoes way in the back of a cabinet that we had forgotten about. I guess keep looking, there must be something rotting in there.

I had to check to see if it was me that posted this. Same exact thing happened in my kitchen but it was a drawer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We had this happen a few years ago. We eventually found the culprit - a bag of rotten potatoes way in the back of a cabinet that we had forgotten about. I guess keep looking, there must be something rotting in there.

I had to check to see if it was me that posted this. Same exact thing happened in my kitchen but it was a drawer.

Potatoes in a drawer? 🤔

[Anonymous]

Something died under our deck and we had the same thing happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We had this happen a few years ago. We eventually found the culprit - a bag of rotten potatoes way in the back of a cabinet that we had forgotten about. I guess keep looking, there must be something rotting in there.

I had to check to see if it was me that posted this. Same exact thing happened in my kitchen but it was a drawer.

Potatoes in a drawer? 🤔

NP. You’ve never heard of this? We have a drawer in our kitchen for potatoes and onions. Like a root cellar.

[Anonymous]

No. We had this as well as a foul smell when something died in our walls— rowhouse. It was horrendous. Get fly tape, out the apple cider vinegar traps out, etc.