The fly tornado

Are screens an option?

I suppose they are an option but between Mo and the dogs they are probably about a 5 minute option -- that's about how long the last screen door lasted.

Ah!

Even if it's like mostly wood with a screen "window" in it?

(Or, I have no clue, but can imagine that a tornado of flies would be crazy-making...)

Yes indeed it is crazy making!

There is a sliding door and a big picture window in the room. Mo likes to climb in and out through the window and everybody runs in and out through the door. I don't think another screen would last.

I've thought about trying those citronella (?) candles but having candles in the house with monkey Mo hasn't proved to be too good an idea in the past.

Fly paper is so gross but may be my only option. The room has a vaulted ceiling so a ladder would be required for hanging/changing the nasty thing.

I have never seen anything like this little fly swarm. They just spin and spin in a circle over the same spot all day long, year after year.

It is truly weird.

Are you sure they're flies? This is way more typical of midges.

Hmmmm....

What is a midge and how do I get rid of them?

Midges are like real small flies, and don't worry if that's what they are. As soon as they discover the love of their short lives, they lay eggs on whatever plant that particular kind of midge favors, and die off. Now, if they are as big as a house fly, they aren't midges at all.