Just What Are Fly Predators?

      Fly Predators are the original method of fly control. They are nature's own enemy of all common manure and rotting organic matter breeding pest flies, including the common housefly, horn fly, face fly, biting stable fly, and the lesser housefly. The result of ongoing research in biological fly control utilizing beneficial insects to replace or supplement pesticides, these naturally occurring beneficial insects are USDA approved for mass release.

       In the natural environment Fly Predators serve as a major check of pest fly populations by destroying the next generation of flies in their immature pupa (cocoon) stage. Most locations likely have some of the species in Fly Predators already,

but unless supplemented regularly, they cannot provide the nearly total fly suppression people prefer. As with other successful biological control methods, such as those using ladybugs and green lacewings for aphid and mealy bug control, this natural method of fly control has proven far more effective, less costly and safer than chemical control with no adverse side effects.

      Fly Predators are tiny, completely biteless and stingless. They never become a pest themselves. After theyve emerged, their single minded pursuit is to reproduce by finding pest fly pupa. Because of their small size and the fact they live their entire life cycle on or near manure (where the pest fly pupa are typically found) Fly Predators go virtually unnoticed.