Have midges appeared in the apartment? We get rid of the invasion
You think that you keep the apartment practicallyin sterile purity, but here you find small insects, a little like miniature flies. These are the so-called fruit midges. In the apartment, they are together with the fruits purchased in the market. You can hardly notice the microscopic larvae, which, having got into the heat, begin to develop rapidly. Adult individuals scatter throughout the house.
Before opening the hunting season, it is necessarydetermine the source of the "contagion". Take the rule of storing fruits and vegetables in special compartments of the refrigerator. And the products last longer keep freshness, and larvae will not have a chance to survive.
Waste bin keep closed, more oftenrelease from food residues. Do not be lazy to disinfect it. Or at least wash with hot water, wipe dry with a rag. This rule applies to the feeders of your furry pets.
A weak solution of potassium permanganate is a good way to shed earth in pots with indoor plants. By the way, they often become real colonies of annoying little things.
The fight against gnats in the apartment includes andconducting active "combat" actions. For example, you can make effective home traps. Take a glass for this purpose (you can be plastic), put a piece of juicy fruit on the bottom, as an enticing tasty food. Ideal baits - an apple slice or a slice of overdone banana. Then tighten the top of the glass with food film. In the latter, you need to make a few small holes. Insects will penetrate through them. But I can not get to them outside.
Mechanical methods of destruction includeapplication of special adhesive tapes. True, they do not look very aesthetic. Therefore, some homeowners are more likely to use a vacuum cleaner. Collected in this way flying specimens should be immediately placed in a dense bag and discarded.
It is proved that the smell of camphor is harmful forfruit midge. The apartment can be fumigated. Buy a camphor in the pharmacy, warm up the pan on the stove and drop the acquired substance onto it. Then walk around the room with the frying pan. Vapors are absolutely harmless to the human body, but small pests will perish.