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[MorningLover]

@CherryHugs Does it look like one of these?

Drain fly

Gnat

[HLP]

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@AlAnn wrote:

It depends what kind of gnats you have.  I had drain flies a couple of years ago.  We were literally infested. I couldn't kill them faster than they were hatching. I used a mixture of bleach and water for 4 nights in a row in all my drains. I first poured about 2 gallons of boiling water down each drain and then the bleach.  Drain flies gone! I used about 1-1 1/2 cups bleach.

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I too was loaded with them in my basement, we taped over every drain opening and that stopped them.Idon't use the drains for anything.

[CherryHugs]

@Hi, I have no plants

[CherryHugs]

Im not sure what they look like, some are very small. Will try and look closer  

I appreciate so much every comment!

[Katcat1]

@CherryHugs   I had the fruit flies and killed them with a glass filled with apple cider vinegar half of the glass, liquid dish soap (a squirt) a little sugar and the rest with water (I used a juice glass).  I also placed rubbing alcohol in a spray bottle and sprayed them.  They multiple like crazy and will try to get in your refrigerator too.  Sickening.

[Pearlee]

Yep they are sickening.  If they are on a surface they die when you spray them with Windex.

[Pearlee]

@MorningLover.    I just started getting your top photo kind (they are very small but look just that) in my bedroom, which is attached to my bathroom. Are they coming from my bathroom drain? I've seen a a few in my bathroom too, but more in my bedroom. They seem to emerge at night and are attracted to light like my TV screen so I thought they might be a type of moth?

[BeccaLou]

I also have them. No veggies or frui,t they go in the frig & freezer. I live in Michigan. They start about 2 weeks ago. Drive me a little unsettlig also.

[Pearlee]

@MorningLover  Thanks for the link; it was helpful.