Why Fly Predators Are Your Number One Defense Against Flies Today

Before you can truly understand how fly predators accomplish their wonderful work of keeping the fly population under control, you need to understand just what they are. It’s rather difficult to understand their responsibilities in controlling flies without understanding what they are and how they accomplish their task.

Based on information from Spalding Labs, Fly Predators are the original method for controlling flies. These tiny insects are nature’s own enemy of all sources of fly breeding materials such as manure and rotting organic material. The Spalding Labs Fly Predators effectively eliminate many types of flies including the common house fly, horn fly, biting stable fly and the lesser house fly. Fly Predators appear naturally in the environment and keep a check on the pest fly populations by eliminating the next generation of flies while they are still in the pupa stage. The majority of locations probably already have some of the Fly Predators already, but unless you supplement them regularly, they will be unable to provide the level of total fly suppression necessary to ensure the least amount of flies.

Spalding-Labs describes Fly Predators as tiny insects that neither bite nor sting. At no time do they ever become pests, but once they emerge, their only goal is to reproduce by locating the pupa of pest flies. They are not usually detected because they are so small and the fact they live the majority of their lives on or near manure where they are most likely to find fly pupae.

Preventive Measures to Practice for Long Term Fly Control

Buying Fly Predators from Spalding Labs is a beneficial move in areas where manure or decaying organic matter creates a perfect breeding ground for pesky flies. The ultimate goal is to maintain a population of Fly Predators that is sufficient to prevent all future generations of pest flies. The problem lies in the fact that flies reproduce nine times faster than Fly Predators, so it is essential to make sure you supplement your population every three to four weeks during the warm months.  This works to maintain the necessary balance between pest flies and Spalding Labs Fly Predators in order to maintain effective fly control. It is necessary to spread enough Fly Predators to control the entire fly reproduction in the area. This allows you to treat the farm and the kennel rather than treating the animal with unhealthy pesticides that don’t work anyway.

The Proven Effectiveness of Fly Predators

When you choose Fly Predators from Spalding-Labs you are choosing a brand that is backed by scientific tests and decades of actual use to be effective for controlling flies. You will find the country’s largest kennel facilities, backyard pet owners, dairies, poultry farms, zoos, feedlots, show and rodeo grounds, fairs, and wastewater treatment facilities among our customers. If you place the Fly Predators in those areas where there are animals and other critters that produce manure of other types of rotting organic materials you will be able to maintain an area that is almost free of pesky flies.

One way Spalding Labs keeps tabs on the performance is through an annual “Report Card” we send during the summer to all of their customers. We ask customers to rate their satisfaction with their Fly Predators by giving them a “grade” (A to F) that reflects how good a job with fly control the Fly Predators were.  After decades of experiencing repeat business at the rate of 80 percent, we know the Fly Predators we sell work well for the majority of people. We saw similar returns last year as 85 percent of those who responded to the questionnaire reported seeing no flies (A) to better results than they had before using Spalding-Labs Fly Predators (C); the majority gave our Fly Predators an A or B. When you keep in mind the benchmark for Fly Predators was to maintain fly control over the entire surface of the property using a monthly application at a cost of approximately $2 per animal, how would you grade you fly control purchases last year?

There was a small percentage of people who reported poor results. We called those people in order to make an assessment of the problem. We spoke with those in question and made suggestions for corrective action. After providing these suggestions for improvements we checked back later and found improvements in their results—sometimes dramatic improvements. The majority of those customers came back the following year to order seasonal Fly Predators. While we don’t claim to solve every person’s problem with pesky flies, we come very close.

Sanitation is the key issue to controlling any fly problem, so you have to begin with putting an effective sanitation program into effect. You don’t want to stop with just implementing the program—you have to follow through with it.