No House Flies In Europe?

Is it true that Europe does not have the common House Fly as a pest?


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OronD
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Hi,
I wonder that you didn't receive even 1 reply.... the answer is: No, this is not true (there are common house flies in Europe as pests)....  too many, in fact.... 
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OronD,

I asked this question because an aquaintance of mine visited Europe several years ago and she told me that the reason that homes in Europe have shutters on their windows, with no glass, is because there are no flies in Europe.  I found that hard to believe because I figured that some where along the way a fly or two had to have stowed away on a ship and hitch hiked to Europe.  I did not share this thought with my friend because she insisted that there were no flies in Europe.
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OronD
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Hi,
I live in Israel (MiddleEast) and we have too many common house flies.... I visit Europe frequently and I can assure you that there are too many of them in each country there..... true, their numbers decline in the colder (northern) countries.....  From Israel (Same applies to Asia or Africa) to Europe they don't need ships.... they spread very easily from one country to another.... at the speed of the wind....
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In Scotland we don't worry about house flies - Midges are the thing we hate most - and many a vacation to Scotland has been ruined because of the damn things !!
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Lisa: Remember that Europe is huge. Almost as large as the USA. So, you can not speak of 'Europe' as a whole, you have to speak about the country. In the USA there will probably be places where it is very cold and there are very few house flies. Same thing in Europe.

Did you ever notice that in the winter there are very few house flies?? Same thing in Europe...and in the countries where it is cold alot year round, there is not alot of need for screens, because those peskie flies are not around alot. I have lived in many countries in Europe. There were flies in some countries and not in others. Just like in the USA.
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I was in Amersterdam and Paris in June and there were no window screens.  We didn't get any flies in the apartment.  Also in the city, in Ontario,Canada, if we open a door with no screen, we can expect 2 or more flies within a half hour flying around inside and not going back outside.  Both a brown type of fly and an emerald green type.
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