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Gnats or Fruit Flys in the house????
Posted on 5/4/23 at 8:18 pm
Posted on 5/4/23 at 8:18 pm
What is the best thing to get rid of these in the house??
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Posted on 5/4/23 at 8:20 pm to Northwest Louisiana
I fill a pot of water, boil it & dump it down sinks if that’s where they’re coming from
Also make sure to take garbage out every night, even if it’s not full
Also make sure to take garbage out every night, even if it’s not full
Posted on 5/4/23 at 8:30 pm to Northwest Louisiana
I’ve always had luck with the following for fruit flies:
Take a small cup and fill it with water
Cut a piece of lemon and put it in the cup
Cover the cup with Saran Wrap
Poke a few holes in the top of the wrap
The flies will get in there but usually can’t get out and will eventually drown.
As other posted said make sure you keeping a clean house.
Take a small cup and fill it with water
Cut a piece of lemon and put it in the cup
Cover the cup with Saran Wrap
Poke a few holes in the top of the wrap
The flies will get in there but usually can’t get out and will eventually drown.
As other posted said make sure you keeping a clean house.
Posted on 5/4/23 at 9:53 pm to Northwest Louisiana
make sure you put all fruit in the refrigerator for a week
Posted on 5/4/23 at 9:55 pm to Northwest Louisiana
These are always called fruit flies, but they are actually and most likely sewer flies. They come in from your sinks. Give them a good cleaning, try pouring Clorox in the drain.
Posted on 5/4/23 at 11:45 pm to Northwest Louisiana
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Gnats or Fruit Flys in the house????
What is the best thing to get rid of these in the house??
before you go to bed each night pour an ounce of bleach into anything with a drain, and let it sit overnight.
any Gnats or Fruit Flys in the house will be getting their water from the drains and the bleach kills them as well as their eggs they lay in the drain pipes
the only downside is it will smell like chlorox a little bit in each room
dont forget the tub/shower drain as well, anything open to the air with water in it
This post was edited on 5/5/23 at 12:22 am
Posted on 5/5/23 at 7:20 am to Northwest Louisiana
If it's the fruit fly types, not coming from drains, I've popped a few with this method:
In a small bowl, mix a half cup of warm water plus two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar, a tablespoon of sugar, and about six drops of liquid dish soap (Dawn). Gnats will be lured in by the sugary mixture, but once they dip in for a drink, the sticky dish soap will trap them.
A year or two back, they were everywhere around here and got in the house. I put out a few cereal bowls of this concoction and killed several.
In a small bowl, mix a half cup of warm water plus two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar, a tablespoon of sugar, and about six drops of liquid dish soap (Dawn). Gnats will be lured in by the sugary mixture, but once they dip in for a drink, the sticky dish soap will trap them.
A year or two back, they were everywhere around here and got in the house. I put out a few cereal bowls of this concoction and killed several.
Posted on 5/5/23 at 7:24 am to Northwest Louisiana
Apple Cider Vinegar, in a glass, put Saran Wrap over the top. Punch about 5 holes in the top.
Posted on 5/5/23 at 8:58 am to Northwest Louisiana
I never see any gnats unless I have bananas ripening in the house. They smell them a mile away. Eat them quickly.
Posted on 5/5/23 at 9:35 am to ewilliams000
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I never see any gnats unless I have bananas ripening in the house. They smell them a mile away. Eat them quickly.
wrap the banana stems with the produce bag. keeps them away.
Posted on 5/5/23 at 9:55 am to Northwest Louisiana
Believe it or not, a little left over wine in a glass does a decent job.
Posted on 5/5/23 at 10:38 am to Northwest Louisiana
We had an infestation a couple months ago. My wife put out shallow bowls of apple cider vinegar which caught a few. One night I left a small amount of beer in a glass when I went to bed. Woke up to it full of dead fruit flies. So we put out 3 or 4 glasses with a small amount of beer and refreshed it every couple of days. That helped quite a bit. Took a week but we got rid of them.
Posted on 5/5/23 at 11:53 am to AlxTgr
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Believe it or not, a little left over wine in a glass does a decent job.
came here to say the same thing, some white wine in a shallow glass always works for us
Posted on 5/5/23 at 11:59 am to Northwest Louisiana
Bug assault and beer.
Makes for an entertaining afternoon.
Makes for an entertaining afternoon.
Posted on 5/6/23 at 9:55 am to Northwest Louisiana
Just use dawn down your sinks. Check if any food is out that they can feed on. Think about their breeding areas as they like moist environments with plenty of food. I do a lot at work to keep them away from my bar. One major home run was taking bar mats and putting them in the cooler after cleaning. If any food and water was left in them (they are tough to clean well) then a prime spot for breeding was created. See if you have anything like that going on.
Posted on 5/6/23 at 1:11 pm to LSUDad
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Apple Cider Vinegar, in a glass, put Saran Wrap over the top. Punch about 5 holes in the top.
This - only place a few drops of Dawn dish detergent in the apple cider (breaks the surface tension so they sink to the bottom) - I forgo the Saran Wrap - In my opinion it doesn’t really make any difference once you put the Dawn in the cider.
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