Thanks for the vanilla tip, I just used it--there was a fly buzzing around the room I'm in for the past half hour and I brought out the bottle of vanilla, poured a little in the lid, put a few drops on a piece of paper, the room smells of vanilla now and fingers crossed the fly is gone....
They have flies in the White House too:
What Has 132 Rooms and Flies?
By MARK LEIBOVICH
Published: June 17, 2009
The White House is bugged!
No, not like that. But actual flies are swarming the place, confounding housekeepers, irritating aides, even trying to feast on the president. During an East Room interview with John Harwood for CNBC and The New York Times on Tuesday, a giant fly orbited Mr. Obamas head.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/us/politics/18fly.html
They have flies in the White House too:
What Has 132 Rooms and Flies?
By MARK LEIBOVICH
Published: June 17, 2009
The White House is bugged!
No, not like that. But actual flies are swarming the place, confounding housekeepers, irritating aides, even trying to feast on the president. During an East Room interview with John Harwood for CNBC and The New York Times on Tuesday, a giant fly orbited Mr. Obamas head.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/us/politics/18fly.html