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[quote=Anonymous]"What you have seen may be cluster flies, but without a specimen I’m not sure. These flies are sometimes mistaken for house flies because they look similar to the common house fly. Cluster flies have a completely different life cycle. These flies are common inside houses in fall and winter.

The life cycle of the cluster fly begins in the spring when they leave the overwintering sites and lay their eggs in the soil. The larval or maggot stages of this fly attack and eat earthworms. There are several generations of cluster flies during the summer, and each time the female returns to lay eggs in the soil. The flies of the last generation (late August) will spend the winter in a protected location, and start the life cycle over again the following spring.

Cluster flies spend the winter relatively inactive in attics and wall voids. They begin searching for a place to spend the winter during the last month of summer, usually in late August and early September. They seek out the sides of houses that are warmed by the afternoon sun. They collect there by the hundreds or thousands." - Orkin Website.

I have them too. its the worst. no easy or cheap solution. doesnt have to mean you have dead animals. if you have an attic make sure there are no birds or bats up there. the flyes can find the soil in the feces. [/quote]

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