shaz likd wrote:
> I've got these little insects / bugs / gnats.....whatever you want to
> call them....buzzing around our kitchen and in the office room at home.
> I initially thought they were small mosquitoes, but after having a
> really close look at them, and getting to know them almost on a first-
> name-basis, they are definitely not mosquitoes. (As an aside, I
> definitely do get mosquitoes inside from time to time, and my hatred
> for them drives me to the wall, but those airborne vampires are a
> different matter). These little pests love my laptop screen too.
> I think they might by fruit flies - possibly. Anyway, what is the best
> attractant for fruit flies, if that's what these little pests are?
> I've heard of apple cider vinegar. Well....I don't have any of that at
> home, but I can guarantee you I do have alcoholic cider at home (love
> it!). Obviously fruit flies like fruit, but what is the #1 best
> attractant for them? I wanna seem them literally fighting each other
> over whatever drowning bait I am going to use.
> Thanks.
>
Fruit flies will be reddish color, though there is a dark colored gnat
that will also find it's way to rotting potatoes/onions. Wine or
malt/cider vinegars will attract fruit flies. You may even set several
small dishes of wine around the house to help determine where the
population is coming from.
The most common small gnat I get calls on are fungus gnats from a plant
you are either watering too much or that you have to keep wet for it to
grow. The larvae are down in the soil and by using a bright flashlight
inspecting the potted plants should tell you which one is infested, if
any. Also if you are in a part of the country that is getting all the
rain they may be just coming in from outside/under the house. I'm in
Texas and we had over six weeks of continuous rain this year and from
about halfway through the wet spell till two weeks after the rain stop
my most common call was for small dark gnats all over the house, mainly
homes with pier/beam foundations that was just wet from all the rain for
weeks. Once the dry season came the gnats were gone.
Another possibility is drain flies (about a third the size of a house
fly or once again fungus gnats coming from a drain. It could be a drain
that isn't used much and the water has eva****ated from the p trap
allowing insects in from the sewer lines or a broken sewer line itself.
Place a clear bowl over the various drains and if any are trapped you
know they are coming from that drain. Also they can get in the muck that
builds up in an old food disposal.
Lar
|
