How to Get Rid of Phorid Fly? Risks, Prevention Tips & What to Know
Learn how to get rid of phorid flies, understand the risks they pose, and discover effective prevention tips to keep your home safe and pest-free.
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Phorid Fly
Reviewed by Daniel Brady
CEO at AnchorPest Services
Updated July, 25
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How to Identify Phorid Fly
Phorid flies are tiny, hump-backed insects with dark eyes and erratic flight. Look for them near decaying matter or moist, organic debris.
📏 Overall Size & Shape
⚠️ Active infestation
🎨 Covering & Coloration
Small, dark brown to black, humped back
🦵 Appendages
⚠️ Foul odor indicates flies
👁️ Head & Sensory Organs
⚠️ Ants attracted to decay
🦷 Mouthparts & Feeding
⚠️ Larvae visible in tile gaps
🔎 Distinctive Marks or Tools
⚠️ Flies breeding in soil
Key Distinguishing Features
- Burrows: Do not create burrows; instead, breed in decaying organic matter and moist environments.
- Behaviour: Erratic, short flights; often run rapidly across surfaces rather than fly for long distances.
- Habitat: Commonly found in drains, garbage, decaying plants, and animal matter indoors and outdoors.
- Diet: Feed on decaying organic material, fungi, and sometimes dead insects or animals.
Quick Size Comparison
About the size of a sesame seed, similar to a fruit fly but slimmer
Are You Seeing These Warning Signs?
If you notice ANY of these signs, you likely have an active Phorid Fly infestation. Time is critical - contact us immediately.
⚠️ Active infestation
Presence of small, hump-backed flies near drains, garbage, or decaying organic matter
Immediate professional assessment required
⚠️ Maggot activity detected
Sudden appearance of maggots in moist, decaying areas.
Immediate professional assessment required
⚠️ Foul odor indicates flies
Unpleasant, musty odor in affected areas
Immediate professional assessment required
⚠️ Ants attracted to decay
Increased activity of ants or other scavengers attracted to decaying organic material.
Immediate professional assessment required
⚠️ Larvae visible in tile gaps
Larvae emerging from cracks in bathroom or kitchen tiles.
Immediate professional assessment required
⚠️ Flies breeding in soil
Adult flies seen hovering around potted plants or soil indoors.
Immediate professional assessment required
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Why DIY Methods Always Fail
Save yourself time, money, and frustration. Here's why store-bought solutions don't work:
Apple cider vinegar trap
Problem: Phorid flies are not strongly attracted to apple cider vinegar
Result: Trap catches few flies, infestation persists
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Boiling water drain flush
Problem: Boiling water does not reach deep enough into the drain system to kill all larvae and eggs
Result: Only eliminates a small portion of the infestation, allowing flies to return
DIY Drain Gel Cleaner
Problem: Drain gel cleaners only target organic buildup in drains, not the actual breeding sites of phorid flies, which can be deeper in plumbing or in other hidden areas.
Result: Infestation persists or returns, as the root cause is not eliminated.
Bleach and water drain flush
Problem: Bleach doesn’t reach deep enough into organic buildup where phorid fly larvae live
Result: Only kills surface flies, not the source
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The average homeowner spends $200+ on failed DIY attempts before calling professionals. Meanwhile, the infestation grows worse.
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Targets entire colony, not just visible insects or rodents
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Prevention Plan
Long-term exclusion strategies
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