Flies around house during viewing

NJ101 · 23-08-2023 09:56PM #1

Hi All,

Bit of an odd one but was at a viewing over weekend at a property and noticed groups of flies outside front and back of property. Just kind of hanging around middle of yard and driveway. No obvious causes from I can see and no smell etc. seems unusual - would there be anything I’m missing that would cause this?

thanks!

southofthelee · 23-08-2023 11:55PM

Possibilities:

Drain issue if on municipal waste system

Septic tank issue if not connected to municipal waste system

mobby · 24-08-2023 12:06AM

Probleary these lads Cluster fly - Wikipedia late Summer Autumn they start to look for somewhere to stay for the winter.

DownByTheGarden · 24-08-2023 07:53AM

Happens everywhere this time of year. Especially a few days after heavy rain. You can see them from whatever the angle of the light is at the time you were viewing. View at a different time of day and i bet you wont even notice if they are there or not.

RichardAnd · 24-08-2023 10:38AM

Are you sure that they were flies? At this time of year, ant colonies have their nuptial flights

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuptial_flight

When this happens, swarms of larger ants with wings will cluster on the ground, and they would seem very much to be flies. This only happens once a year per ant-colony, and the "flies" themselves will mostly be dead shortly thereafter.

Fiona · 25-08-2023 08:06AM

Our house is infested with flies at the moment despite how clean all the drains / bins etc are. I think they just get really bad at this time of year. If there were no bad smells around I don't think I would worry too much.

Flies around house during viewing

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