How do flies find rotting meat in a trash can inside a house?

[Tammiisme]

I can understand how they find it outside but not how they find it inside of a home.

[ohshee]

All it takes is a pinhole through a screen door and the door open I mean anything they're going to find it so what you do is leave it in the freezer until the day your trash comes and then put it in the garbage can and take it outside if it's frozen they won't come for it but once it's starts to stink they will be all over it

[ChrisMaster69]

By having amazing sensory equipment.

https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/questions/how-far-can-flies-smell-food

[andreasderjuengere]

It's because of low standards of the house inhabitant/s.
Flies prefer to not enter houses unless hygienic conditions invite to do so.

[Waldoe]

very sensitive noses... Flies have an extraordinary ability to detect odors from great distances. In fact, house flies have been shown to be able to detect odors from up to four miles away!

[888theGreat]

smell, and they can find a sugar cube if you lick it.

[Smashingdoozy]

Why do you have rotting meat inside 😐

[Tammiisme]

We don't but I was asking if it was to happen because I've heard of it happening before

[Smashingdoozy]

Flies come in from outside. they can detect odors up to 4 miles away.

[slatyb]

By odor of course. How else?

[Tammiisme]

the question was HOW DO THEY GET INSIDE THE TRASH CAN INSIDE THE HOUSE not why are they attracted to rotting meat

[slatyb]

They are small and few containers or dwellings are sealed that tightly. There are gaps around window screens etc.

[Iron_Man]

They come in through the front door

[Iron_Man]

You shouldn’t through rotting meat inside the house in the garbage can take it outside to the outdoor garbage can

[Iron_Man]

For example we never throw away shrimp inside the indoor garbage can

[InferiorElegy]

They grow in it.