Welcome to our series sharing Unique Holidays: June 2022: Fight the Filthy Fly Month. I don’t know about you but I don’t want to celebrate Flies other than having them go away and not come back ever. How about you. Do you like Flies?
Fight the Filthy Fly Month
Fight the Filthy Fly Month is a month-long campaign running through June. The Holiday raises awareness about the sanitary and health hazards that Flies carry and how to help you keep Flies away from your surroundings. Flies tend to carry disease and filth with them. Which can cause various problems for your living environment, and the health of both you and your Pets. Fight the Filthy Fly Month reminds you to keep a lookout for Flies and to be aware of what can happen when you’re not looking.
HISTORY OF FIGHT THE FILTHY FLY MONTH
Flies can be a menace to houses, eating establishments, and Animals. Flies unscrupulously make themselves at home around uncovered food, garbage, and moisture, as Flies look for easy sources of sustenance to sustain their month-long lifespan. Flies are usually active during warmer Seasons. Flies of various kinds are found in warm areas where unpleasant stenches come to the fore.
Conditions that attract Flies include garbage cans or garbage that has been left out improperly. Rotting Fruit or uncovered food, spilled liquids that cause stagnant puddles. Animal remains in the yard or in between your house foundations, and the uncleaned insides of drains. Given their rapid reproduction rate, Flies can swiftly appear without warning and might overwhelm areas of your house or business if kept unchecked.
Flies are very effective carriers of disease because of their habit of hanging around filthy areas and feeding on garbage and droppings. Flies role in nature is to mainly break down and consume garbage, decaying plants, and Animal carcasses as a way to speed up the decomposition process. However, after they’re done, Flies are free and agile enough to fly anywhere they can. Even into our surroundings. When abundant, Flies pose a serious risk to your health as they can transmit diseases easily through their contaminated bodies onto your skin or through your food. These illnesses include Diarrhea, Typhoid, Meningitis, Hepatitis, Food Poisoning, and other diseases.
Many preventive measures can be taken to eradicate Flies from your surroundings, from covering potential Fly-attracting areas, using bug spray, planting specific plants in your garden, and cleaning up after your Pets to calling pest control when the problem gets out of hand. Fight the Filthy Fly Month reminds us to keep our surroundings and our environment clean and Fly-free.
FIGHT THE FILTHY FLY MONTH ACTIVITIES
- There are a variety of methods to help keep Flies away from your surroundings. Some methods, such as using Fly Swatters, installing zappers, glue traps, or even lighting an open candle on your dinner table can help deter these fliers from zooming around unwanted areas.
- Make sure that all odor-emitting foods are covered, garbage cans are shut, rotting Fruit is thrown away, puddles mopped, and gardens regularly sprayed to prevent conditions that can attract Flies.
- Take to your Social Media pages to remind everyone about Fight the Filthy Fly Month. Doing so will help spread awareness and help remind others to keep their environments free of Flies.
5 FACTS ABOUT FLIES
- Some plants including Lavender, Basil, Mint, and Wormwood can help naturally deter Flies when planted or placed in your garden.
- House Flies generally don’t bite but, upon landing on human skin, a Flies presence can transmit filth and disease.
- Flies tend to fly around the eyes of Horses because their eye secretions are thought to be sweet.
- A female Housefly can lay up to 500 eggs in one lifetime.
- There are more than 120,000 different species of Flies found globally, with many more yet to be recorded.
WHY PEOPLE LOVE FIGHT THE FILTHY FLY MONTH
- Fight the Filthy Fly Month is a reminder for us to keep our surroundings clean to make them unattractive for Flies to inhabit. Cleaning our homes and gardens is one step towards a more comfortable and healthier life.
- The month-long campaign can also help us understand more about the health hazards that Flies may bring when their presence is not addressed. Understanding the conditions that Flies may bring unpleasant bouts of Salmonella, Diarrhea and other diseases can help us avoid contracting them.
- Without Flies ruining the experience, we can eat and enjoy our meals in peace. If the right steps are taken, you shouldn’t worry about having your food contaminated by unwanted Pests, and Fight the Filthy Fly Month helps remind us to always keep our food preparation process clean.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
