How do you get rid of gnats?!!!

[libby74]

There was actually an article in our local paper the other night about buffalo gnats aka biting flies. Apparently the weather and river conditions are perfect for them right now; they lay their eggs in running water (strange) and once the water temp gets to be 80* the larvae don't hatch. With the flooding going on here we've got lots of running water, and the temp is cool enough that we've got a bumper crop of buffalo gnats this year. Some folks say to use Avon's Skin-So-Soft as a deterrent, other people use vanilla extract, but scientists say neither of these really work that well. A good stiff breeze will keep the little buggers at bay, but that's not happening either.
I guess they'll go away eventually, but they are so annoying!

 

[natalie_ca]

How is the gnat problem?

I tend to only take my garbage out once or twice a week because our trash bins are at the back of the building and a bit inconvenient for me. In the winter taking it out once or twice a week works out well, but in the summer because of the heat if I don't want fruit flies or odour I have to take it out daily. However, I do a work around. I have a deep freezer that is currently not very full, so I've been keeping a black trash back in there and at the end of the day adding my days trash to the bag and it freezes. I take it out every 2 or 3 days. Doing this I don't have any odour or fruit flies.

Those things can breed in drains as well as damp mops, and standing water and the litter box. So if I haven't used my dishwasher, I pour boiling water down my drains once a week, and my mop is rinshed with javex after use and stoop upside down to dry. Frequent scooping of the litter box helps too.

 

[luvmy2cats]

I'm pretty sure mine were coming from the garbage disposal. I took the rubber drain piece out and the bottom of it was caked with nasty stuff. Plus it was all over the sides of the disposal. I clean everything really good with disinfectant and I haven't seen any more gnats. I've caught quite a few with the apple vinger concoction.

 

[littleraven7726]

We have them coming in from outside. And they keep getting into the cats' fountain.

We haven't been able to spend time outside, despite having a back yard and pation because of how bad they are. There are clouds of them everywhere.