Houseflys in wood insert

[Sons924]

Can anyone tell me why there are many Houseflys inside of my wood insert? I closed the air when I noticed it but I don't know why they are there. Any ideas? Or solutions? Thank you

 

[Dix]

What kind of insert??? How's the set up?

 

[Sons924]

Montpelier. Flex liner. Top plate And mesh cap.

 

[Charles1981]

Maybe something crawled into the chimney and died?

 

[Sons924]

I thought that. But the top cap is still very secure.

 

[fossil]

They may have been born in there. Female will lay 100+ eggs at a time. How long since you last burned in it?

 

[Sons924]

This winter. It was just installed in 2013. Maybe a fly laid eggs. Thanks for the responses.

 

[dafattkidd]

Solution: build a fire in that sucker.

 

[Sons924]

Yeah that's my next move. Wood burning in the summer here I come

 

[jdp1152]

Few balls of newspaper is probably more than sufficient to smoke them out

 

[begreen]

Maybe someone lost their salami when assembling the stove.

 

[Nick Mystic]

Did you clean your flue since burning last winter. It is dangerous to burn newspaper in a woodstove if you have any creosote built up in your flue since the burning paper will float up the flue and can start a chimney fire in a dirty flue pipe. I'd take a look down my chimney before I built a newspaper fire, particularly if I hadn't burned in a few months.

 

[JayD]

A few balls of paper softball size your fine. Go for it, The stove was just installed. That will rid them buggers! Jay