Skip to Content
Go-Forth Pest Control is now Go-Forth Home Services!
Top
Cheese Skipper
Schedule Online Get started with Go-Forth Pest Control today!

Cheese Skipper

All About The Cheese Skipper

The cheese fly, or cheese skipper, is a sparkling, dark fly is 5 mm (0.2 in) long and found all through the world. It is best known for its dangerous hatchlings (recently brought forth wormlike structures) that live in human food such as dried or prepared meat, fish, and cheese.

They are called cheese skippers not just for their propensity for feeding on cheese, but also on the grounds that the more established hatchlings can hop. They get the folds of their own guts with their mouth snares, tense their muscles, and after that they discharge their hold, flipping themselves 15 to 20 cm (6 to 8 in)—noticeable all around.

Cheese Skipper

The grown-up female starts laying eggs around ten hours in the wake of mating. She will lay 140 to 500 eggs over her life expectancy of three or four days. Eggs are laid in groups on or close nourishment, for example, the muslin spreads or wrappers of cured meat and fish. The hatchlings bring forth a day later and tunnel into the sustenance.

The more seasoned hatchlings are around 8 mm (around 0.3 in) long and cone formed with a pointed front end. They have huge mouth snares that are utilized to tear up sustenance. They go through three larval stages and leave the nutrition around five days after the fact to pupate (change into the grown-up frame) in a dim corner or cleft. They rise as adults after around eight days. Colder temperatures stretch both advancement time and adult life span.

Individuals in some cases eat cheese skipper hatchlings accidentally because the hatchlings tunnel deep into an assortment of foods. The hatchlings are to a high degree active and can get by in the digestive organs of people and different warm-blooded animals.

On the off chance that incidentally eaten, they may bring about a condition known as enteric myiasis, portrayed by vertigo, savage stomach torment, queasiness, spewing, and looseness of the bowels. The fly hatchlings cause these manifestations by cutting into the internal dividers with their mouth snares. Different types of flies may bring about enteric myiasis yet the cheese fly is the most noteworthy reason for this condition in people.

Cheese Skipper Elimination

Space showers and hazing are utilized to get rid of existing populaces of grown-up flies, yet sanitation is the most vital perspective in the control of cheese flies. All surfaces ought to be thoroughly cleaned to expel all meat or cheese scraps, morsels, or oil. Surface showers are not suggested for the control and end of cheese skippers.

The following home pest control measures are also recommended:

  • Pantries or storerooms once infested should be thoroughly cleaned, fumigated with sulphur and washed with ordinary kerosene oil.
  • Special pains should be taken to clean out the cracks and wash them with the oil because the puparia of the flies may often lurk in such places.
  • The flies may be kept out of rooms or receptacles by using wire screen having 24 mesh to the inch.
  • If these pests are troublesome the storeroom should be thoroughly screened so that the flies cannot gain entrance.
  • Hams may be protected by storing them in linen bags.

Customer Reviews

    “Garrett was professional and helpful.”
    “He spent time educating us about "pests" and provided information regarding services with GoForth.”
    - Joyce C.
    “This was my first experience with this co. They were very easy to get along with.”
    “Texted me before coming. Worked with me playing musical rooms with my dogs. I'll see how things are.”
    - Constance E.
    “They continue to come out and apply when Rain is in the forecast.”
    “I am disappointed with the reluctance to schedule weather dependent on rain”
    - Rick H.
    “The tech was good, but you have to give them a credit card they keep on file and do auto pay.”
    “Watch the billing dates in regards to your first service, or you could have the first charge at time of service and the first bill close together.”
    - Melissa M.
    “Highly recommend Go-Forth!”
    “Answered all my questions and I felt their pricing was very reasonable.”
    - Deborah J.
    “Called GoForth for a rodent problem and received same-day service!”
    “Brian went above and beyond what was expected, and I hope I get him again as my technician for future services!”
    - Tam L.
    “Very pleased with my experience with Go-Forth so far.”
    “He was thorough with inspecting and treating our home, which I really appreciate, and he took the time to answer my many questions.”
    - Jasmine B.
    “Looking forward to working with Go Forth!”
    “Love the detailed summary and pics of what he did and saw! And did I mention how wonderful Olivia was to get us all set up?!!”
    - Beechy A.

Why Choose Go-Forth Home Services?

  • The Best & Highest Reviews
    BBB A+ Rated and 4.8 or higher on Google and Facebook for the highest rated local company in the Triad.
  • Seven North Carolina Technicians of the Year
    Home of the 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, & 2016 statewide technicians of the year.
  • A+ Rating with Better Business Bureau
    BBB Accredited since 1973 for 48 years of continuous accreditation.
  • Serving North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, & Virginia

    With six locations and dozens of technicians in the field every day, we service areas of North & South Carolina, Georgia, and Virginia.

  • Residential & Commercial Service
    Residential and commercial clients in Greensboro, NC and beyond can attest - Go-Forth provides only the very best in home services.
  • 4.9 Star Google Review Rating Across Three States
    Go-Forth Home Services is proud to have thousands of Google reviews with an average rating of 4.9 stars!

Contact Go-Forth Home Services

Request Your Free Quote
  • Please enter your first name.
  • Please enter your last name.
  • Please enter your phone number.
    This isn't a valid phone number.
  • Please enter your email address.
    This isn't a valid email address.
  • Please lookup your address.
  • Please make a selection.
  • Please enter a message.
  • By submitting, you agree to be contacted about your request & other information using automated technology. Message frequency varies. Msg & data rates may apply. Text STOP to cancel. Acceptable Use Policy