How to quickly get rid of small flies in the kitchen?

Responsible housewives always strive to ensure that their kitchen is perfectly clean, and they succeed. But sometimes it’s not clear where small flies can appear from, which instantly spoil the perfect picture, and how to get rid of them is not always clear. In order to understand what to do, you should first figure out where these midges come from.

Causes of midges and consequences

Drosophila (and that’s exactly what they are) appear when your apartment has suitable conditions for their living and reproduction. This is food and warmth. If you have spoiled fruits or vegetables lying around freely, there is open jam or honey on the table, a trash can has not been taken out, or the sewage system has not been repaired for a long time, then with a high degree of probability expect that flies will take up residence in your home. If we add to this the air temperature above +16 and humidity, then evil in the form of small insects becomes inevitable.

Sometimes it seems that midges come out of nowhere, on their own. In fact, this is not so. You may have brought fly eggs from the fruit and vegetable store without even realizing it. They could also have arrived from neighbors, attracted by the smell of food. By themselves, these flies do not harm people in any way: they are not poisonous, do not bite and do not carry diseases. But the very fact that you have them suggests that the kitchen or bathroom is not perfectly clean.And the flickering of these insects, which can fall into tea or get into food, is not the most pleasant situation. Despite the fact that flies live for only a few days, during this period they are capable of laying hundreds, or even thousands of eggs. They will hatch into new hordes of insects that can ruin everyone's life. So if you start to notice the presence of small flies, you should immediately take all possible actions to get rid of them.

How to fight?

There are a great variety of methods to combat midges in the kitchen - from folk remedies to chemical means. But before you get rid of these annoying insects, it’s worth cleaning up the mess. With this simple action you will deprive small flies of their ideal habitat. Otherwise, you can endlessly use a variety of control methods, but the midges will appear in even larger quantities.

1. Eliminate any fruits and vegetables that have become too soft or even starting to spoil. And wash the rest with warm water and soap, dry and store in a cool place.
2. Take out all the trash. Especially if you have completed the previous point. And try to throw away leftover food every day so as not to provoke the breeding of flies.
3. Check all drains in the bathroom and kitchen. Pour cleaning products into it. If that doesn't help, you'll have to take everything apart and clean it thoroughly.
4. Be sure to check for any leaks. Small flies love moisture, and even a tiny area of ​​water can become their refuge. Therefore, inspect all the pipes, the space under the bathtub and under the sinks. It’s worth checking even the furniture, as moisture can accumulate there too.
5. Flies also love warmth. Therefore, open the windows and begin to ventilate all rooms well.Just don't overdo it, especially if it's very cold outside. Otherwise, you can destroy the plants and damage the heating system.

Now that you have deprived the flies of their ideal habitat, you can get rid of the flying flies.

1. The simplest thing is to use a vacuum cleaner. Just turn on the unit and start hunting for pests. Fast, efficient, although somewhat tiring and noisy.
2. Another easy way to get rid of small flies is sticky tape. Just hang them in places where insects gather and wait for them all to stick to the trap. Then all that remains is to remove the tapes and throw them away. You can additionally hang a piece of spoiled fruit next to the traps to attract flies. And walk around the apartment carefully so as not to stick your hair to these ribbons.
3. Fumigators against flies also help well. All you have to do is place the plate, plug in the device and wait until there is no trace of the flies left.
4. You can also resort to sprays that we have been using for decades. They help get rid of insects instantly, but the smell leaves much to be desired. In addition, such products are unsafe for people and animals. Therefore, first take everyone out of the room, put away the food, put on a protective mask - and only after that start spraying the product. After treatment, be sure to wash your hands and wash your face, and after the prescribed time (it is indicated on the bottle), ventilate the rooms well.
5. There is a less unhealthy way to get rid of small insects - a jar trap. To make it, you will need an ordinary glass jar, a funnel made of paper sheet and bait. You can use rotten fruit or sour juice as bait.Place the bait in a container, insert a paper funnel into it with the narrow neck down and seal the joints with tape. Overnight, a huge number of insects will fall into this trap, from where they will no longer be able to get out, and all that remains is to eliminate them.
6. Another similar interesting way to get rid of flies is a plastic cup with bait. As in the first case, put fruit or juice in a container, cover the top with cling film, in which you make several holes with a thick needle.
   

   Advice

   Try replacing the film with adhesive tape. This way, you won’t have to rack your brains about what to do with the midges that ended up inside the container. They will all stick to the tape, and all that remains is to throw out the glass along with the adhered flies.

7. You can also try using essential oils. Just light an aroma lamp with clove, ylang-ylang, fir or any other strong-smelling oil at night.
8. Try using natural vanilla, the smell of which flies do not like. Boil some spices and sprinkle this water on the surfaces of the furniture.
9. You can also heat pieces of camphor in a frying pan. As soon as smoke starts to appear, walk around the apartment with this container. Camphor is completely harmless to people, but flies really don’t like it.

Now all you have to do is choose a method you like - and you can start getting rid of annoying flies.

Preventive measures

It’s good if you managed to get the little flies out of the apartment quickly. But it’s better to prevent them from appearing again, then you won’t have to think about how to get rid of them. Since you already know what flies like and where they come from, taking preventative measures is easy.

• Take out the trash daily.
• Dispose of spoiled foods immediately.
• Do not leave jam and honey on the table.
• When you bring fruits and vegetables home, immediately wash them and dry them well.
• Make sure that there is no excessive humidity in the kitchen and bathroom.
• Try to ventilate rooms more often.
• As an addition, you can put geraniums on the windowsills, which insects don’t like in autumn, or periodically light an aroma lamp.

A little attentiveness, love of cleanliness and the desire to prevent the appearance of midges - and you can easily create an environment in your apartment that is unbearable for them. Even if it happens that you bring these creatures home with fruit, they are unlikely to want to stay in your kitchen. They would rather move to their neighbors. But this will no longer be your headache.