The sun is shining and it’s a perfect day to enjoy the great outdoors. You have selected just the right location to picnic with family and friends and as usual, you can’t wait to have all the goodies spread on the table. Have you ever wondered why the minute you start setting the table, it’s not just you and the children that are eager to start on the goodies? They seem to have been waiting as well. Who? Flies. They love picnics just as much as you do. Have you ever wondered what they do when they land on your food? It’s only a fly what’s the big deal? How bad can it be anyway?

Do you have any idea where it’s been? They are general feeders, being attracted to a variety of substances from excrement to human foods. Flies have been shown to carry over 100 different kinds of disease causing pathogens, many of which are associated with filth. The pathogens include typhoid fever, cholera, diarrhea, dysentery, tuberculosis and salmonella as well as parasitic worms (No Way!).
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