I keep seeing these random flies around the house (slow flying, in your face). I think they are coming from the duct work under the house, not sure.

anyway, how can I get rid of these things? I think i want to try bombing under the house and inside one day. I think that may do it.

4/5/2012 6:14:01 PM

try taking the trash out, this always worked for me when I was still in college

4/5/2012 6:14:58 PM

definitely not the trash. i see them in random rooms.

4/5/2012 6:17:41 PM

pour a glass of wine and leave it on the counter overnight

4/5/2012 7:25:20 PM

I had a fruit fly problem. I filled a jar with wine and dish soap. (apple cider vinegar and dish soap work well)
Put a funnel on top of the jar... The flies go into the jar through the funnel but can't figure out how to get back out through the small opening.
The soap breaks the surface tension of the wine/vinegar so they get trapped inside as well.

4/6/2012 7:35:59 PM

clean... the flies are feeding off of something.

4/6/2012 8:09:39 PM

are the flies slow/stupid/easily killed with a slow slap? do they drown in standing water left out? have any potted plants?

they might be fungus gnats, my apartment had a shitload of them for a while.

4/6/2012 9:44:31 PM

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"are the flies slow/stupid/easily killed with a slow slap? do they drown in standing water left out? have any potted plants?"

yep, they look retarded and i can swipe and usually kill them.

I will try to wine thing.

I seriously think they are coming from the A/C duct work.

4/7/2012 1:04:12 PM

do you have any bathrooms/kitchens that don't get used often? run water through all your drains, if the traps get dry they'll get in that way

4/7/2012 1:33:01 PM

i heard pouring bleach down the drains will also kill them

4/7/2012 1:38:43 PM

I just put seran wrap over a bowl and poke a few holes in it. fill the bowl with something sugary or vinegary, but I think the sugary shit works better. you'll have a bowl full of dead flies in no time.

4/7/2012 4:20:58 PM

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4/7/2012 5:09:22 PM

^ nice


going to set out some traps. They are coming from the drains the more i think about it.

4/7/2012 5:27:19 PM

btw when i mentioned traps getting dry, i was talking about this kind of trap http://www.renovateyourworld.com/images/ArticleImages/FIG_Drains_01_large.gif

4/7/2012 6:19:43 PM

if they're fungus gnats just put out a big plate full of water and watch them drown

4/7/2012 9:27:27 PM

What was your results?

4/8/2012 3:29:41 PM

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"i heard pouring bleach down the drains will also kill them"

this helps

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"I just put seran wrap over a bowl and poke a few holes in it with some cut up straws, keeping the straw pieces in there. fill the bowl with something sugary or vinegary, but I think the sugary shit works better. you'll have a bowl full of dead flies in no time."

4/8/2012 8:29:55 PM