What are the dangers of having houseflies in your house?

Answer 1

For one house flies are the most dangerous of all animals because they land on animal wastes and other harmful materials. I suggest that you get rid of them.

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House flies are NOT the ,most dangerous of all animals. Mosquitos are are the most dangerous as they carry malaria and that kills thousands of people every year! There are no dangers to houseflies, they just seem dirty to us, they land on our food, they eat our excrement , they can go in your mouth, they are very very irritating and there are too many of them.

I'd check out the reason WHY you have house flies in your house as that would be more of a problem( if there is a lot of them) ie do you have a dead animal stuck in a chimney, or is there a lot of rubbish near your house etc!

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AnswerThe first poster is correct and has every right to be concerned. Flies land on dog/cat waste, vomit of other animals, eat garbage and every single time they land on YOUR food or on YOUR counter where your food may be they excrete. This is GERMS! There is no problem with flies in a house and that's what a fly swatter is used for and I use it. Sometimes people during the warmer months are in and out of the house, may have a window open and that's how the flies get in. I just say to my cat Molly 'Get that thing!' She is faster than the speed of light and swats it enough to stun it and I swat it with my fly swatter and throw it out in the garbage.

Flies actually do save peoples lives believe it or not. Often when people have gone down the side of a cliff either by auto or hiking and have wounds the flies will leave eggs which turn into maggots which eats the dead skin and it has often saved a person's leg or arm or a wound that could get much more infected. As I have always said each creature has it's use. Still, if in your house flies can carry many germs that you don't want on your food or your counter tops.

I've read that there is so much air flow over their feet when they fly that they are virtually free of harmful bacteria after just 20 feet of flying.Although they might be pesky at times, they're living jewels who play an important and useful role by recycling waste, pollinating plants, and as a food source for birds, amphibians, reptiles, other arthropods, and small mammals.