Little black flies!!!

[yvette303]

Over the last few weeks, we have been invaded by tiny litte black flies! They are not fruit flies - they are smaller and are completely black.

I have cleaned drains, checked potted plants and we have no food going off anywhere but they still keep on coming.

I am at my wits end. Does anyone have any idea how to get rid of the little b***ers?!!!!

Yvette

[mjwman]

These are thrips or thunder flies. They come out every year about this time for a short while then dissapear.
Little ******* get into everything, behind picure frame glass, behind your illuminated stereo display, everywhere!

[Panic Button]

I never saw them when I lived in the midlands, but now I live further south they appear every year.

Two years ago a couple got into the screen of my laptop. One fell out of view when it died. The other is still there, and always will be. Aaaagh!

[China Doll]

Thank God! I thought I was going mad... I flooded the room recently and thought I'd somehow invited a new species of swamp fly in to Britain! Raid doesn't seem to kill them either...

[carlton23]

As I advised someone only last week here on AB, buy a electric zapper, the kind of thing with a blue light and electric wire surrounding it and electrocute the damn things.

[ACtheTROLL]

one of these works a treat
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?criteria=i nsect &source=15

[China Doll]

Is that worth getting if these flys aren't going to be around that long AC? Does it zap things like wasps or spiders for instance?

[carlton23]

To China Doll....No to spiders, yes to wasps.

[zig.zag]

their crap china

just get a spray

they'll soon shut their mouths lol o;

[Ice.Maiden]

Well I've got two in my kitchen carlton, and they don't seem to work too well. They work well outside though - if you have an evening barbie or drinks when it's getting dark.

[China Doll]

Ah. I'm still looking for the in-door, kill all solution for anything with more than four legs. I'm not very good with bugs. I try and leave them alone for the most part as I don't like killing them really (not their fault I'm a big wuss) but there are certain ones that send me stupid.

[yvette303]

lol - looks like it's not just me with the little blighters then. I noticed one of neighbours had one of those sticky fly papers hanging down the middle of her living room , so think she might have been invaded too. Still got no idea how to get rid of them though - guess I'll just have to learn to love 'em...