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STEP 1) Identification – 0:57
STEP 2) Inspection – 2:00
STEP 3) Control – 3:00
STEP 4) Prevention – 5:38
The fungus gnat is a tiny fly with long, thin legs and wings, resembling a mosquito. As their name suggests, they feed off decaying organic matter, most commonly fungi.
Fungus gnats thrive indoors because of good moisture levels, and can grow their population to large numbers rapidly.
Step 1) IDENTIFICATION:
The adult fungus gnat is very small, typically around an eighth of an inch in length. They will usually be dark brown or black in color.
Their long legs, wings, and antennae are features that will help you distinguish them over other common flying pests like fruit, drain, and phorid flies.
They resemble mosquitoes, but a key difference is fungus gnats do not bite. So if you see one land on you and go in for a meal, it’s definitely not a fungus gnat.
Fungus gnat larvae have worm-like bodies. They can be up to a fourth of an inch long and have dark, shiny heads.
Step 2) INSPECTION:
Fungus gnats need a moist environment with decaying matter like fungi to feed on. An often overlooked and extremely common place is house plants, specifically the potted soil.
So if you are seeing them inside your home, check around any potted plants. Look for the adults that might be hovering close by, or search the soil for the larvae.
Step 3) CONTROL:
The first thing you need to do is reduce the moisture around your home. Be sure to fix any leaky plumbing that you might have.
If you found them around plants, this is a sign that you are over watering and that the soil needs to be dried.
Do your best to minimize how much and how often you water. It’s best to let the top one to three inches of soil to dry before watering again.
For plants and soil outside, improve any spots with poor drainage.
When that’s done, it’s time for chemical control.
First, use Musca-Stik fly traps. The Musca-Stik fly trap is a glue trap that is free of insecticides.
It uses a combination of bright orange paper, glue, and a pheromone attractant to lure and trap the gnats.
First, sprinkle the supplied attractant into the catch basin at the end of the stick. Hang this in areas you have seen fungus gnat activity such as around potted plants or sinks.
Next, use Reclaim IT to spray your plants. Reclaim IT is a powerful liquid concentrate that provides a quick knockdown, 90 day residual, and will treat a large variety of pests.
Mix this with water, following label instructions, in a pump sprayer.
Spray the Reclaim IT over plants and in the soil beds. This will kill off and destroy any living larvae or eggs.
For indoor plants, remove them from the house and treat outside. Allow them to completely dry before bringing them back inside.
Finally, if you are still seeing fungus gnats flying around your home, use an aerosol insecticide like Pyrid for a quick kill.
Pyrid is a powerful insecticide that is great for contact spraying, and workds as a flushing agent for pests harboring deep in cracks and crevices.
Spray around plants or areas where you see activity. Pyrid does not have a residual, so make sure the gnats come into contact with the aerosol spray for best results.
You can use a fogger pesticide, but we generally recommend using Pyrid because of its ease of use and the freedom to treat where you want.
Step 4) PREVENTION:
Be sure to monitor the moisture levels around your home. Do your best to address and fix and leaky pipes, damp soil, or areas with poor drainage.
After eliminating their habitat and moisture, you can spray Reclaim IT every 3 months to prevent a reinfestation.
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