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Spider-killing sprays also kill flies, but fly-killing sprays don't kill spiders. (lemmy.world)
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They're the same price at Walmart, so it pretty much always makes sense to go with the spider-spray.

The flies don't die 'on-contact' like they do with the fly-specific spray, but they do die after a brief period of delirium.

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[–] ptz@dubvee.org 11 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

I buy this stuff (foaming glass cleaner spray). It'll clean my windows, stainless steel fixtures, screens, and kill just about every bug I spray it on (or at least knock them down/incapacitate them so I can go in for the kill squish). Only weakness is its limited spray range (though I did kill a yellow-jacket queen with it yesterday when I was outside cleaning the windows).