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I have done neverythinngggg I can think of to possible get rid of these gnats/fruit flies!!! Mind you I and just abt to be 32 weeks pregnant, and I have moved all furniture and appliances and mopped everything! I’ve done the boiling water down the drains, the apple cider vinegar, the sticky strips, the dawn and water…etc. What can I do that will get them gone asap!?!?!? I can’t even cook or relax without them flying over my food or face. 😭😭😭😭😭please help

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Are they there because you have fruit laying out?

Do you have any potted plants in the house? Or ripe fruit ? Perhaps bananas

Spraying the bugs with non toxic neem oil or peppermint oil in water should help

It’s that time of the year unfortunately. I purchased these RAID flying insect traps that you plug in and the gnats fly to the blue light and get stuck, it doesn’t get rid of them all immediately but it does trap a lot of them

Try apple cider vinegar in a bottle cap or cup.

Place cups of apple cider vinegar with a couple of drops of dish soap around the around you notice
The gnats/fruit flies. Put foil or plastic wrap on top and poke holes. It’s weird but works wonders. Also the Zevo bug plug ins!

zevo plugs work great and i recently had to add foam seal to my doors bcs flies can get in through tiny cracks

They reproduce in the drain. If you can kill the eggs in the drain, that should get rid of them.

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