We have been composting for about 6 months now, and I’ve noticed that flies leave it alone. Crows will pick through it, and it’s got a ton of worms but no flies. I have flies in my yard, but they avoid the compost. I’m following guidelines on what I can and cannot put in it. Any ideas? Not that I want flies in it at all, I’m just curious.
It might attract fruit flies but if it’s like my compost it might be too hot for them. Compost shouldn’t include a lot of the things that attract larger house flies.
My compost occasionally gets crowds of flying bugs but it’s not a normal feature and usually means i need to tend to it some way or another.