This blog post contains a useful infographic to understand the lifecycle of a fly, as well as the impact flies can have on your business.

A fly infestation can spell disaster – flies are one of the insects most likely to cause damage and disruption to a food business. They pose a significant health risk to staff, customers, and product by spreading disease and contaminating goods.

Flies have a short lifecycle. They multiply rapidly, with some fly species able to mature from eggs to adults in just seven days under the right conditions. The infographic below illustrated this clearly.

As you can imagine, this can cause huge problems for businesses, especially as the weather warms up.

What keeps flies away?

Prevention is, more often than not, better than cure. But with flies becoming ever more resistant to insecticide, it’s important to take a proactive, preventative approach against infestations to ensure that the risk is managed before it starts to affect your bottom line. Rentokil has the solution: Lumnia.

Scientific innovation and expertise has helped Rentokil design a commercial fly-control solution that effectively attracts and kills flies both sustainably and hygienically by using high-attraction LED lamps.

Find out more about LED lamps in our blog: "Why LED's make for a better Insect Light Trap (ILT)". You may also be interested in downloading our infographic on LED efficacy in fly control unit's and why it's important to businesses.

Lumnia: commercial fly control from Rentokil 

Here are just a few of the advantages of Lumnia:

• Catches over 15 different flying insects: house flies, fruit flies, drain flies and blue bottles among others
• Catches flies as fast or faster than any other LED ILT on the market
• Combines LED light technology with unrivalled scientific innovation and expertise – to deliver total peace of mind.
• Hides captured flies from view and helps prevent cross-contamination
• The open/close feature makes units easy to service, so there’s minimal disruption to your business
• Range of units in different sizes and a versatile design to suit different environments

Interested to learn more about flies and how to spot the first signs of them, and also how they can be controlled and prevented, contact our team today to discuss pest control solutions. You can also download our Pest Control 101: Guide to flies in your business.