tiny black flies?

01-12-2009, 07:51 AM

how do I get rid of them and why are they here?

klpmommy · 01-12-2009, 07:55 AM

sounds like fruit flies. Put a shallow layer of apple cider vinegar in a bowl & add a drop of dish detergent. The acv will attract them & the soap will break the surface tension so that they drown.

brandi · 01-12-2009, 07:58 AM

Most likely they are fruit flies. I get them whenever the trash has been sitting too long

To get ride of them, you can fill a cup with some alcohol and apple juice and cover the top with plastic wrap. poke little holes in the top so they can get in, but they won't be able to get out.

ladybug · 01-12-2009, 08:00 AM

Do you have houseplants?
Sometimes that happens with mine.
OR do you have a bowl of fruit--like bananas sitting out on the table?
If so that could be the cause too.
What I would do, is put out a little bowl filled with vinegar, and put a teensy lil bit of the soap you wash your dishes with in it, and set it out near where you have seen them, and they will go to the bowl and drink and then die and fall into it!!
GL!

01-12-2009, 08:25 AM

I used to buy bananas but then everyone stopped eating them so I stopped buying them. I thought they would go after that but they haven't. I do still buy apples. And I do have houseplants.
The trash is emptied everyday. They seem to be everywhere though, there really isn't a place that they all hang out at.

brandi · 01-12-2009, 08:29 AM

I think mine like to hang out in the kitchen sink drain. Try pouring some vinegar and backing soda down your drain and see if that doesn't help. (or you could always use bleach

)

klpmommy · 01-12-2009, 08:31 AM

once you have them they find other places to hang out, the drain is a biggie. Put out a trap like one of the ones suggested (my fav is the one I posted of course

) and go from there. You may need to put out traps for more than a day or two to get rid of them all, but usually I have good luck that once they are gone, they are gone, unlike other pests that are harder to get rid of.

charla · 01-12-2009, 09:37 AM

I did the vinegar in the drain in my kitchen sink and it got rid of the fruit flies for me.

01-12-2009, 07:51 AM	#1
Lavender Lily Guest Posts: n/a	tiny black flies? how do I get rid of them and why are they here?

01-12-2009, 07:55 AM	#2
klpmommy Deactivated Beware the gorgon, she's having a bad hair day Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: DFW area Posts: 54,024	Re: tiny black flies? sounds like fruit flies. Put a shallow layer of apple cider vinegar in a bowl & add a drop of dish detergent. The acv will attract them & the soap will break the surface tension so that they drown.

01-12-2009, 07:58 AM	#3
brandi Deactivated 1 Imitate God, therefore, in everything that you do, because you are his dear children. Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 3,814	Re: tiny black flies? Most likely they are fruit flies. I get them whenever the trash has been sitting too long To get ride of them, you can fill a cup with some alcohol and apple juice and cover the top with plastic wrap. poke little holes in the top so they can get in, but they won't be able to get out.

01-12-2009, 08:00 AM	#4
ladybug Rose Bush Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 392	Re: tiny black flies? Do you have houseplants? Sometimes that happens with mine. OR do you have a bowl of fruit--like bananas sitting out on the table? If so that could be the cause too. What I would do, is put out a little bowl filled with vinegar, and put a teensy lil bit of the soap you wash your dishes with in it, and set it out near where you have seen them, and they will go to the bowl and drink and then die and fall into it!! GL! __________________ Steph, SAHM to my earth angels:C 14, H 7 & A 5, &A 3. and my heavenly angels: Amanda Joy stillborn 3/2/00 Baby Bean m/c 12/23/03 Loving Wife to DH for 16 years!!

01-12-2009, 08:25 AM	#5
Lavender Lily Guest Posts: n/a	Re: tiny black flies? I used to buy bananas but then everyone stopped eating them so I stopped buying them. I thought they would go after that but they haven't. I do still buy apples. And I do have houseplants. The trash is emptied everyday. They seem to be everywhere though, there really isn't a place that they all hang out at.

01-12-2009, 08:29 AM	#6
brandi Deactivated 1 Imitate God, therefore, in everything that you do, because you are his dear children. Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 3,814	Re: tiny black flies? I think mine like to hang out in the kitchen sink drain. Try pouring some vinegar and backing soda down your drain and see if that doesn't help. (or you could always use bleach )

01-12-2009, 08:31 AM	#7
klpmommy Deactivated Beware the gorgon, she's having a bad hair day Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: DFW area Posts: 54,024	Re: tiny black flies? once you have them they find other places to hang out, the drain is a biggie. Put out a trap like one of the ones suggested (my fav is the one I posted of course ) and go from there. You may need to put out traps for more than a day or two to get rid of them all, but usually I have good luck that once they are gone, they are gone, unlike other pests that are harder to get rid of.

01-12-2009, 09:37 AM	#8
charla Administrator Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 16,668	Re: tiny black flies? I did the vinegar in the drain in my kitchen sink and it got rid of the fruit flies for me. __________________ CHARLA Married to Nick, 31 yrs Mom to Nathan and his wife Abby, and Hope Elizabeth, dancing for eternity with babies: Micah Noel, Grace Anna, Andrew David www.dancingforeternity.org www.irresistiblehope.org Save Save Save Save Save

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