Home invasion.
Jul 10th, 2007 by B.
While we were away about a hundred tiny flying gnats moved in & set up camp. Going in the kitchen has turned into a hair-raising experience (a feeling usually reserved for following complicated recipes with words like ‘puree’, ‘brine’, ‘leaven’, or ‘mix well’), and that’s after tossing all the fruit and making sure that anything even remotely edible has been locked away.
On the upside it’s making me not want to eat, which is a really good thing after all the potato I consumed in Poland.
We already have screens on all the windows that we leave open. Still, there has to be an easy, non-toxic way to kill these little fuckers, right?
Anyone… anyone… Bueller?
On this day..
- I'm a riddle in nine syllables* - 2007
- Be it ever so humble... - 2006
I’m not sure what you call gnats, are they the same as fruit flies? If so, cut a piece of ripe banana, put it in a glass or jar with water, cover with a piece of saran wrap and poke a few holes with a fork. They will get in but be unable to come out…ciao
Rositta- Yes, fruit flies! I tossed all our fruit as soon as I got home, but I just went next door and borrowed an apple (they didn’t have bananas) and Jim’s setting saran wrap traps as I type…
Rositta, you are some kind of genius. Where were you when I needed this advice a couple years ago? Wow.
B., I don’t have a clue but Rositta’s advice sounds good. I toss or put away everything they can use for food and within a couple of days they’re usually gone or dead. They don’t seem to have a long life span. However, I’ve gone to the kitchen in the morning to see 50 of them having a jamboree on a corn flake my kid left lying on the sink top so be sure to be thorough. Mausi once told me they can breed in a drop of water but thankfully the ones in my house don’t seem to have learned that skill yet. Good luck.
p.s. When they begin to starve they’ll attack you. B-ware.
Wowee, does that banana thing really work?! We’ve got the same prob right now, but are just using fly strips. Overall I believe Germany must have one of the world’s largest FLY populations, in general. Open your door for 5 minutes and that’s it for you. Leave a drop of food or empty can sitting around for a day in the kitchen and then welcome your new pet fruit fly colony. Ah, there’s nothing like waking up in the morning to a big monster black fly buzzing in your face…