What do houseflies really like?

[Jim]

In article <mPyl3.5851$c85.52430 at server1.news.adelphia.net>, "Steven M.
Cohen" <pamcohen at adelphia.net> wrote:
 
> If you are dealing with green bottleneck or blue bottleneck flies, they are
> attracted to natural gas, butane, methane and propane.  In fact, when they
> collect in an area in a conspicuous manner, it reliably indicates a gas
> leak.  The bottleneck flies, or "bottle" flies look like the common
> housefly, except for a metalic green or metalic blue sheen.  You can
> probably get a load of info, and probably some pictures off the web.  Try
> these "buzz words" [excuse the pun]: calliphoridae, Lucilia cuprina,
> diptera, Phaenicia Sericata, Calliphora Vicina.  What you pull up will help
> you identify the "pest" in your home.  Now, if these evil monsters you seek
> to drown in beer turn out to help you identify a potentially fatal gas leak,
> maybe you will re-think the fate of God's winged creatures ....
>
 
 
I ain't gonna rethink anything about these critters swarming in my house.
I'm ready for Raid.
 
They are the common, typical, black, hairy, land on your face housefly (no
blue or green).
 
Thanks for the advice. They flock on the kitchen floor, maybe five of 'em,
and around the floor under the bathroom sink, and in the corner of my
bedroom. Something attracts them to these areas, but I can't figure out
what, they are spotless. Maybe it's mating season.
 
Thanks
Jim