| Most gnats love the smell of rotten food. It's their main | | | | it out. The gnats will come to the jar, wiggle down into |
| choice as a place to eat and to lay eggs. This is why | | | | the hole, and will not be able to climb back out. Set |
| you see them so often around your trash cans and | | | | several of these traps around your home and monitor |
| sink drains. Most likely they are busy laying eggs there. | | | | them to determine where the highest concentration is |
| They also seem to like over-watered plants. Since | | | | and use that information to find the source. Understand |
| they really do not serve any practical purpose, are | | | | that the gnats that pester you in your home require |
| pests, and you're reading this guide; you most likely | | | | moist or wet organic material in which to breed - it |
| want to get rid of them. The best way to get rid of | | | | could be anything from a grimy drain to the drip pan |
| gnats is to not let them come around in the first place. | | | | under your refrigerator. Check your door and window |
| If you cover you trash cans, wash out you sink, and | | | | seals also - they could be breeding right outside and |
| don't leave dirty dishes in the sink, you shouldn't have | | | | wandering in. |
| to worry about them. Also make sure not to over | | | | There are other home remedies that have met with |
| water your plants. If somehow, despite all your | | | | success, but most of them use vinegar, and work |
| preventive measures, you still have gnats inside your | | | | pretty much like the vinegar trap above. Mixing a half |
| home, there are several ways to go about getting rid | | | | cup of vinegar and a tablespoon of Dawn dish |
| of them. | | | | detergent attracts the gnats. They will feed on the |
| * Nuke Them. This is a good choice if you just have a | | | | mixture and die. Apple cider vinegar and baking soda |
| few that wander in from outdoors. Just about any | | | | works also. Be careful with this one. Vinegar and |
| flying insect spray will kill them and very quickly. If the | | | | baking soda react and foam up, so make your mixture |
| situation becomes an infestation, a fogger might be a | | | | slowly. A cup of ammonia poured down the kitchen |
| better way to get the job done. If you use a spray and | | | | sink can also encourage the little pests to go |
| have pets make sure that you check the labels, and | | | | elsewhere. |
| follow all directions for safe use. A less caustic | | | | Gnats are harmless pests, and like many such |
| approach would be to use insecticidal soap sprays. | | | | household pests, the best way to get rid of them is to |
| * Track Them and Kill Them. If you've got a swarm, | | | | prevent them from coming around in the first place. It |
| you need to eliminate the source. It seems gnats are | | | | takes just a bit of protective sanitation to take away |
| attracted to vinegar. Fill a jar almost to the top with | | | | their breeding grounds. Also, most commercial flying |
| vinegar, poke several small holes in the lid and then set | | | | bug sprays will wipe them out with little or no trouble. |