When you live in your own house, you may encounter various surprises. One such unexpected guest turned out to be flies!

Do you think moving from the city to a suburban cottage will save you from rural “delights”? Think again! This season, we faced an invasion of flies, which was exacerbated by the unusual heat and seemingly endless warming. Moreover, our new neighbors in the settlement started keeping livestock, which only added to the “joy.”

In the vicinity of our house, a nearby horse school also contributed to the production of organic waste. In short, we live in a fly-infested area.

First, we tried to close all windows with mosquito nets, hung tulle on the doors, and even hung sticky tapes, which turned into real flytraps.

But as soon as the wind blew the curtains, the flies freely penetrated the house again.

In desperation, we decided to resort to chemicals. We went to the store and bought “Dichlorvos-Terminator,” but even a direct hit from this canister did not stop our uninvited insect guests. The boldest fly even approached and inquired if we could spray a little more of this “laughing gas.”

And then I remembered the good old method—using a newspaper. A large-scale hunt with cries of “THWACK!” began throughout the house, but, strangely enough, the flies still kept coming back.

Last year, I faced a similar problem, and clove oil, which we bought at the Nikitsky Botanical Garden, came to the rescue. Unlike regular diluted oil, this was pure, concentrated.

Spraying clove oil on the curtains and nets, and placing cotton balls soaked with the oil at the windows, I noticed that the flies began to disappear. Gradually, the whole house was cleared of them.

In the end, it seems the flies didn’t like it and flew away to more tolerant neighbors. Sorry, neighbors, nothing personal—just survival.