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Fruit flies since the flood....... Anyone else experiencing this?

Posted on 9/22/16 at 5:31 am
Posted by Mie2cents
the round part of earth
Member since Dec 2012
3462 posts
Posted on 9/22/16 at 5:31 am
My parents and 3 of my friends have been noticing little bitty looking fruit flies in my house and I'm curious if this is a widespread problem that could potentially get worse. You seen these little boogers in your dwelling lately?
Posted by Rust Cohle
Baton rouge
Member since Mar 2014
1937 posts
Posted on 9/22/16 at 5:33 am to
Yea, I thought it may be from open garbage bags since our cabinet is gone.
This post was edited on 9/22/16 at 5:35 am
Posted by lnomm34
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2009
12605 posts
Posted on 9/22/16 at 5:36 am to
I've noticed the same thing.
Posted by fouldeliverer
Lannisport
Member since Nov 2008
13538 posts
Posted on 9/22/16 at 5:37 am to
Wow yeah same here.
Posted by Upperdecker
St. George, LA
Member since Nov 2014
30544 posts
Posted on 9/22/16 at 5:51 am to
Yes, and they're fricking annoying as hell. Flying around my ears constantly
Posted by SundayFunday
Member since Sep 2011
9298 posts
Posted on 9/22/16 at 6:04 am to
Yeah they get bad quick. Put out a Tupperware half full of apple cider vinegar with a few drops of liquid dish detergent in it and that'll help get rid of them
Posted by jojothetireguy
Live out in Coconut Grove
Member since Jan 2009
10484 posts
Posted on 9/22/16 at 6:04 am to
Same here, can't seem to get rid of the damn things
Posted by MrSmith
Member since Sep 2009
8311 posts
Posted on 9/22/16 at 6:07 am to
Holy shite yes. Been driving me crazy.
Posted by tke857
Member since Jan 2012
12195 posts
Posted on 9/22/16 at 7:16 am to
Pour some apple cider vinegar and put some dish soap in a cup. Will eradicate those tiny bastards
Posted by roadGator
Member since Feb 2009
139782 posts
Posted on 9/22/16 at 7:18 am to
We battled them for a month. Until you find where they are laying eggs you are fricked.

I bought traps, I made the cider thing at home and still battled them. I found the place they were laying eggs and then did the trap thingy again and poof, they were gone.

See if you can find the hoard. That's where the eggs are.
Posted by ShoeBang
Member since May 2012
19349 posts
Posted on 9/22/16 at 7:22 am to
Thank Christ it ain't just me.

I was getting fed up
Posted by Jblac15
Member since Mar 2011
687 posts
Posted on 9/22/16 at 7:22 am to
Not so much the fruit flies but we've been dealing with big outdoor flies in general. These things are bigger than a typical fly, bluish-green in color, and come in swarms. They seem to gather on the dog turds in my back yard.
Posted by meauxjeaux2
watson
Member since Oct 2007
60283 posts
Posted on 9/22/16 at 7:23 am to
are they fruit flies, gnats or drain flies? LINK

This post was edited on 9/22/16 at 7:25 am
Posted by MBclass83
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
9347 posts
Posted on 9/22/16 at 7:25 am to
My yard is full of small white moths. Never seen them before. And i do have the small fruit flies.
Posted by ShoeBang
Member since May 2012
19349 posts
Posted on 9/22/16 at 7:27 am to
mine are definitely those little frickers in the middle.
Posted by roadGator
Member since Feb 2009
139782 posts
Posted on 9/22/16 at 7:28 am to
Those are likely sod web worms. By the time they are moths, it's too late.
Posted by The Torch
DFW The Dub
Member since Aug 2014
19245 posts
Posted on 9/22/16 at 7:29 am to
quote:

We battled them for a month. Until you find where they are laying eggs you are fricked.


This - usually standing water of some type

Spay with Clorox/water mix
Posted by meauxjeaux2
watson
Member since Oct 2007
60283 posts
Posted on 9/22/16 at 7:39 am to
sod webworms. Only thing that will kill the larvae is Talstar or bifenthrin

LINK

Have brown patches in your grass?
Posted by s14suspense
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2007
14689 posts
Posted on 9/22/16 at 7:42 am to
We have plenty of those gnats and dog shite flies around the house these days. Cmon cool weather.
Posted by The Cool No 9
70816
Member since Jan 2014
9947 posts
Posted on 9/22/16 at 7:43 am to
Kip should fill an above ground pool with apple cider vinegar with dish soap for the whole town and send all those bastards away. That would put the icing on his 12 year cake for BR. he should be out there doing it himself at the north blvd town square
This post was edited on 9/22/16 at 7:46 am
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