Expert Fly Control Guidance from Starbar® Products

Managing fly populations effectively is essential for maintaining a hygienic and productive environment on your operation. A targeted approach using specialized products and techniques, as part of a comprehensive IPM program can significantly reduce fly infestations and improve overall conditions. Here’s a comprehensive guide on using different products and techniques to tackle flies at various levels and ensure continuous fly control to prevent resistance.

Rotation Tips

Implementing a product rotation strategy can enhance the effectiveness of fly control measures and prevent resistance development:

• Diverse Attractants and Ingredients: Rotate products with different attractants, active ingredients, and modes of action within the same fly season to preserve their efficacy and reduce fly populations.
• Strategic Product Changes: For example, use QuikStrike^® Fly Bait for the first three months of the fly season, switch to Golden Malrin^® Fly Bait for the following month, and then return to QuikStrike^® Fly Bait for the remainder of the season.
• Resistance Management: Changing products periodically, even those with a strong track record, can significantly contribute to resistance management and ensure long-term fly control effectiveness.
• Product Application Tips: Starbar^® fly baits are for use at low levels of your operation. We know flies feed near ground level, which is why Starbar^® fly baits use a sugar base in combination with various attractants to encourage flies to feed. That’s targeted fly control based on science.

Aviator™ Fly Bait Aerosol

Aviator™ Fly Bait Aerosol is an ideal solution for targeting house flies in hard-to-reach areas within your operation. Working similarly to QuikStrike® Fly Bait, this fly bait aerosol goes above and beyond to help eliminate flies. Here’s how to make the most of this product:

• Versatile Application: This aerosol is designed for band and spot treatments in areas that are difficult or incompatible for scatter bait application, such as fence or support poles, beams, ledges, door jambs, and around windows and window frames. It’s also effective along foundations, low walls, and walkways in caged layer houses—places where flies typically land or roost.
• Reapplication: For sustained fly control, reapply Aviator™ Fly Bait Aerosol whenever bait placements are no longer visible or if re-infestation occurs. However, limit applications to no more than 10 times per year to ensure product effectiveness.

ClariFly^® Larvicide Top-Dress Fly Control

ClariFly^® Larvicide Top-Dress Fly Control is a top-dress supplement that utilizes Diflubenzuron, an insect growth regulator, to prevent fly emergence from manure:

• Comprehensive Prevention: This product is effective against adult house flies, stable flies, face flies, and horn flies emerging from the manure of treated cattle. It also prevents house flies and stable flies from developing in the manure of sheep, goats, equine, and swine.
• Seasonal Use: Begin feeding ClariFly^® Larvicide Top-Dress Fly Control before flies appear and continue use throughout the fly season until cold weather arrives to minimize fly populations effectively.
• Targeted Control: ClariFly^® Larvicide Top-Dress Fly Control is designed for those desiring to utilize preventative fly control, by providing a customizable option to treat individual animals or multiple species all with the same top-dress supplement

Starbar^® Fly Traps

Starbar^® provides a range of fly traps tailored to different levels of fly activity. Here's how to use them effectively:

• Low-Level Control: Utilize Starbar^® fly strips and sticky traps to manage flies in areas where they are less prevalent. These traps come with built-in attractants that lure flies away from problem areas.
• Medium-Level Control: For moderate fly infestations, place Starbar^® fly traps with attractants along fence lines, on walls, or other mid-level areas. These traps target flies looking to mate between feeding and resting.
• High-Level Control: Starbar^® offers fly traps designed for high areas, such as barns, where conventional methods may not reach. These traps provide effective control by capturing flies in elevated locations.

Trap ‘N Toss™ Disposable Fly Trap

The Trap ‘N Toss™ Disposable Fly Trap is perfect for outdoor areas and offers a convenient solution for moderate fly infestations:

• Ease of Use: This trap includes an efficient attractant and can either be disposed of when filled with flies or emptied and reused. It is suitable for multiple farm environments and can be used as part of a disease monitoring protocol.

By incorporating these expert tips and techniques into your fly control and IPM programs, you can achieve more efficient and lasting results, while also minimizing the impact of flies on your operation.