Or Fruit Flys or whatever these things are?

I was given this beautiful arrangement of grass a few days ago and the past two days I've had these annoying little fly thingies flying around the house. I just realized that they were coming from the grass!

There are these little maggot deals in the bottom of the dirt... gobs of them. I just dumped the grass in the backyard, but do I just have to swat and kill the remaining little fly things or are they going to lay eggs in my house and keep producing and I need to spray/bomb the house with something?

Leaveing a glass of sweet wine out, a glass with a large opening, will attract the little pests into the glass to drown.

MickG said:

Seriously?

If so I am running to Meijer to buy a bottle of wine. Since I don't do wine, can you recommend a sweet, cheap variety? I don't want to spend a lot on the little guys.

What do I do? Just open it and leave it sit for a few days until they're gone?

Put 1 tsp. of apple cider vinegar, fruit juice or wine in a small bowl of water near infested area to trap and drown adult gnats.

Mix 1/2 cup of vinegar and 1 tablespoon Dawn dish detergent. The gnats will be drawn to this, eat and die.

Mach said:

I don't have an infested area though. I dumped the grass out and there's like... well, you run into them now and again flying about the house but in no particular area. Maybe a bottle of wine in every room?

Mach said:

Straight up vinegar or apple cider? I don't have either, but that's a helluva lot cheaper than buying wine to kill 'em!

Buy a flyswatter from the dollar store, get some Vaseline and smear a good coat of Vaseline on the flyswatter. Go into the room/location and when a gnat gets close to you, swat at the gnat and it will stick to the flyswatter and he won't be able to get away. This also works with a disposable glove, except smear the Vaseline on the glove and grab the gnats as they fly by.

Be careful not to hit any surface because you will get a mess of Vaseline.

Mazurack said:

you pour it into a large opening glass and place where you feel the infection is from. Check every day or so, to change out the fluid.

Mach said:

Are you fucking with me?

Mazurack said:

NO


i dont fuck with people

period

Mach said:

Okay... it sounded like it, though... lol. I was sitting here thinking, why couldn't I just hit them with a rolled up magazine? Why the Vaseline? Sorry...

Thank you for your suggestions! Both of you. I think I am going to try the less expensive way and get the Dawn soap and the vinegar.

Just sent my boyfriend to the store for vinegar and dawn soap.

Thanks again...

stole this from the web... works like a charm.
make sure to tape the funnel to the bottle well as the little suckers will try to climb out.

emm said:

Thank you...

Mach's advise is working! I caught a gnat!!! I put the vinegar and dish soap mixture in little ramekins in every room of the house and I just went to the potty and there is a gnat in the liquid!

Mick, thank you, as well! I would have used wine, but vinegar and dish soap is much more cost effective when killing gnats! Besides, although I don't usually drink wine I may have accidentally sipped a bit here and there and not had enough to kill the pests! Anyway... hopefully they'll all be gone by morning. I'll probably leave them out for a week or so in case they laid eggs in my house (oh, God), and hatch soon?