Flies
are common, annoying and unsanitary. But they’re more than just a
nuisance. They’re carriers of filth and more than 60 human and animal
diseases. With temperatures warming, experts warn that hot, humid
conditions create ideal environments for flies to breed and develop.“The warmer the weather, the faster the flies are produced,” says Dr. Qing-He Zhang, Ph.D., lead scientist and director of research at Sterling International, Inc., developer of the RESCUE!® line of eco-friendly pest control solutions. “The common housefly and other filth flies can lay up to 100 eggs that hatch within 24 hours. An adult female fly may lay up to 2,400 eggs in her short lifetime, about two to four weeks.”
Zhang says that in hot weather it only takes eight days for these thousands of eggs to hatch and develop into adult flies. This poses a problem for homeowners without an effective fly management solution.
