Removing Flies From Your Business

Flies are more than just a nuisance. In any business environment, they can pose serious health and safety risks. From contaminated food surfaces to drains and garbage areas, uncontrolled fly populations, including phorid flies, moth flies and houseflies entering through vents or openings, can compromise product/food safety and operations, violate health codes, and ultimately, damage your reputation. 

At Lifetime Pest Control, we specialize in commercial fly control designed for businesses of all types. Whether you’re dealing with high-volume entrances, production lines, or waste-handling zones, our solutions help you stop flies and prevent them from returning.

Why Fly Control Matters

Health Risks

• Disease transmission: Flies can spread more than 100 pathogens by transferring germs from garbage, drains or decaying matter to food and surfaces, causing foodborne illnesses. These pathogens can include E. coli, Salmonella, Shingles and Tuberculosis.
• Direct contamination: When flies land on food, surfaces, or equipment, they physically leave behind bacteria from their bodies, germ-loaded regurgitated material, and fecal matter. This direct contact poses a food safety risk because it can lead to foodborne illness. Their feeding habits, rapid breeding cycle and population build-up increase the likelihood of repeated contamination. 
• Compromised sanitation: The presence of flies in any given facility is unappealing and unsanitary. It reflects poor sanitation, which can compromise food safety and lead to poor customer perception of the brand.  

Property & Operational Damage

• Facility interruptions: Flies attracted to drains, garbage, or damp zones may lead to contamination, audit failures, and production shutdowns. Especially in food service, food production, and healthcare environments.
• Chronic sanitation problems: From phorid fly larvae in waste bins to moth fly larvae in drain film buildups, hidden breeding sites create long-term fly issues unless located and removed.
• Structural entries: Common flies, such as houseflies, flesh flies, bottle flies, fruit flies, and cluster flies, can find structural gaps to enter, introduce additional bacteria, or become a nuisance.
  
  

Lifetime Pest Control’s Fly Control Process

Step 1: Inspection & Identification

Your Lifetime Pest Control Fly Control Pro conducts a thorough assessment of your facility to identify the fly species present, including fruit flies, drain flies, and blow flies, and locate how they are entering and where they are breeding. Proper identification is key. For example, the typical life expectancy of fruit fly adults is 14 to 21 days.

Step 2: Customized Fly Control & Prevention Plan

We build a plan tailored to your building’s needs. Options may include:

• Exclusion & Deterrents: Screens, door sweeps, air curtains, and sealing openings.
• Mechanical Control: LED fly light and fly traps to capture adult flies.
• Residual Treatments & Fly Baits: Used when active fly populations are already present
• Habitat Modification: Non-toxic enzyme treatments for organic buildup, drain foam services, and sanitation plans to eliminate breeding conditions for moth fly larvae, as well as fly-attracting odours.

Step 3: Monitoring & Follow-Up

Our Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach includes ongoing monitoring, documentation, and adjustments to ensure long-term prevention and audit-ready compliance.