Flies in Your Home: Where They Come From, What Diseases They Carry and How to Get Rid of Them for Good

You left the window open for ten minutes and already one is buzzing on the ceiling. By evening there are five. The next day — ten. If this sounds familiar, you're not alone: flies are the most common indoor pest in Moldovan homes during summer, and one of the most underestimated threats to your family's health.

Before you buy another sticky trap, fly screen or supermarket spray — read this first. There's an enormous difference between shooing a fly away and solving the problem at its source.

The first and most common mistake is treating the symptom rather than the cause. A fly didn't wander into your kitchen by accident. It smelled something and came deliberately.

The most frequent sources of attraction:

• The bin — even a covered bin releases odours that flies can detect from dozens of metres away. A watermelon rind, meat scraps or old vegetables are more than enough.
• Drains and siphons — drainage pipes are the preferred egg-laying site for drain flies (Psychodidae). If you notice small, sluggish flies sitting on the walls of your bathroom or kitchen, the source is almost certainly the drain.
• Ripe or fermenting fruit — fruit flies (Drosophila) seem to appear from nowhere near fruit left on the counter. In reality, the eggs were already laid on the skin of the fruit before you brought it home.
• Pets — a bowl of wet food left out for a few hours is a powerful magnet for flies.
• Neighbours and shared spaces — if you live in an apartment block, flies migrate between flats. A neighbour with hygiene issues can be the source of your infestation.

This is the most important reason why flies are more than just an annoyance. A common housefly (Musca domestica) carries over 60 types of pathogens on its body and in its gut, including:

• Salmonella — one of the leading causes of food poisoning
• E. coli — causes severe diarrhoea, particularly dangerous for young children
• Staphylococcus aureus — resistant to antibiotics in MRSA form
• Cholera and typhoid fever — rare, but documented in areas with poor sanitation
• Intestinal parasites — eggs of certain parasites are carried directly onto food

The mechanism is simple and unpleasant: a fly lands on faeces or rotting organic matter, then lands on your food. While feeding, it regurgitates digestive enzymes onto the surface — effectively vomiting onto what you eat. In one minute spent on your plate, it deposits hundreds of bacteria.
With young children or people with weakened immune systems in the house, a fly infestation is not a comfort issue — it is a genuine health risk.

Almost every client who contacts us has already gone through the same cycle:

• Sticky tape — catches a few flies, but doesn't eliminate the source. The colony keeps growing. A female lays between 400 and 600 eggs in her lifetime, in batches of 100–150 at a time.
• Supermarket sprays — kill the flies you hit directly, but residual effect is minimal. New ones appear the next day. They're also toxic if inhaled by children or pets.
• Window screens — a useful barrier, but they don't solve drain flies or fruit flies that are already reproducing inside your home.
• UV light traps — partially effective in large spaces, but poorly suited to apartments and don't eliminate breeding sites.

The fundamental problem: all these methods act on adult flies only. Eggs and larvae in drains, the bin or floor cracks remain untouched and produce a fresh wave within 7–10 days.

Profilactix specialists tackle the problem on two fronts simultaneously: eliminating adult flies and destroying breeding sites.

• Inspection and identification — the first step is to establish exactly which type of fly you're dealing with and where it's reproducing. Houseflies, fruit flies and drain flies have different sources and require different treatments.
• Surface treatment — we apply professional insecticides with a residual effect of 4–6 weeks to frequent landing surfaces: ceilings, door frames and window surrounds. The products are certified, odourless after drying and safe for children and animals once the treated area has been ventilated.
• Breeding site treatment — drains, cracks and the zones behind large appliances are treated with biocidal gels and targeted solutions that destroy larvae and eggs.
• Prevention advice — at the end of the visit, the specialist identifies the structural causes of the infestation and gives concrete recommendations to prevent it returning.
• Guarantee — we provide an official guarantee on every treatment. If flies return within the guarantee period, we come back at no charge.

To make the disinsection as effective as possible:

• Clear kitchen surfaces and cover any exposed food
• Empty and wash the bin
• Remove pets from rooms to be treated
• Do not apply any chemical products for 24 hours beforehand — this can reduce the effectiveness of the treatment
• Ensure access to drains and the space under the sink

A small infestation dealt with now costs incomparably less than a major one in August. And far less than a food poisoning episode in a child.
Call us now: +373 79 527 888 Response within 24 hours. Guaranteed results. Safe for the whole family.
→ Order professional fly control