How to get rid of midges?

In spring and autumn, insects become uninvited guests in apartments and private homes. Unpleasant neighbors do not pose any threat or harm to human health, but they can be very annoying and people are looking for effective ways to get rid of midges. In this article, we will look at the main types of pest control that will allow you to kick an annoying company out of your home.

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Where do gnats come from?

People wonder where these cohabitants come from and how to get rid of small midges in an apartment. It seems that these creatures appear out of nowhere, but most often they end up in our house with fruits and vegetables. Female midges lay their eggs on ripening fruit, and when they get into the atmosphere of warmth and comfort, they gain positive conditions for breeding and reproduction.

Important! These insects do not live long, but reproduce very quickly and they are born in the early morning. A person likes to sleep, and therefore does not notice how a swarm of annoying insects appears from the open spaces of the kitchen. In a few days, the number of midges increases to such an extent that it gives the impression of a lack of air and free space.

The moths fly into the mouth and are inhaled with air, get into the eyes and are very annoying with their presence. Therefore, the question of how to remove midges from the kitchen, in this situation, is the problem number 1. There are several ways to solve it.

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Room cleaning

The most effective and simple remedy for midges is cleanliness. If unwanted neighbors appear, you need to remove all food products in places inaccessible to insects:

1. Place the bread in a bread box or a tightly tied bag, so the pests will not be able to get to it.
2. The refrigerator has a special compartment for storing fruits and vegetables.
3. If animals live with you, then the remains of the feed should also be removed.
4. Rinse and dry the bin.
5. Clean the sink drain hole with a cleaner.
6. Do not leave dirty dishes, crumbs, or wet rags in the room.

Important! The source of nutrition for midges can serve as rotted fruits and vegetables stored on the table. Tie bags tightly with cereals, nuts, and dried fruits. Close up jars of jam and stewed fruit.

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How to deal with apartment midges folk remedies?

If midges are registered for your permanent residence, you will have to use a whole system to destroy them. Remove insects by stripping and prevention:

1. Find the source of the spread of pests and destroy it. Just one rotten apple can spoil the entire supply of fruits and vegetables, so do not spare spoiled foods. It is necessary to completely destroy an unsuitable product; there is no way to do this with ordinary washing or throwing out. Take the insect nursery out of the house.
2. Do not leave juice or alcohol glasses on the table; wash them immediately. The fruit fly loves alcoholic drinks, so seal bottles of wine tightly and rinse even the smallest drop of alcohol from the surface of the table.
3. The creation of natural and artificial barriers will prevent the midge from entering the room, as well as its reproduction. An excellent remedy for midges in the apartment is a small mosquito net on the windows.

Important! If you put a fan in front of the kitchen table or near the fruit storage place, it will blow off the midges. Even with a slight breeze, insects will not be able to land on food.

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Popular folk methods to combat midges

If a colony of small pests has already reached such proportions that you don’t have free space in your own home, you can’t get by with precautionary measures. It is not advisable to use any chemicals, especially if children, allergies, pets are living with you.

In this case, effective folk remedies for midges will come in handy, which will help you quickly enough to forget that you did not have rest from midges:

1. A vacuum cleaner. This is the most ineffective, but at the same time very popular technique. Fighting midges with this device looks spectacular and makes you feel like a hunter. But the effectiveness of the method is very doubtful, because the very next day it will be necessary to resume the extermination of young insects.
2. Humidifiers and spray guns. The method is more effective than a vacuum cleaner - with wet wings the midge cannot fly. True, you will have to pay a lot of attention to setting the humidification mode so that pests with dried wings do not return to the kitchen.
3. Horseradish, mint, cloves, fern, tansy, elderberry are plants whose smell is not pleasant to pests, and therefore they avoid it. Lay out the leaves around the apartment and this will help you get rid of midges at home.

Important! Tansy is undesirable if there are problems with the vessels of the brain. In people with a weakened vascular system, this plant can cause severe headaches and migraines.

4. Turpentine or kerosene. To scare off midges, add a little substance to the water that you clean floors or windows. There will be no insects, but the smell in the home is not for everybody.
5. Tomato seedlings. Growing tomatoes will bring benefits, and the fruit midge will scare off. They do not like these creations of the pungent odor that the plant makes.
6. Bay oil. If you rub them with door jambs and window frames, then this tool should save you from pests.

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How to get rid of midges with the help of ready-made tools?

If you decide to withdraw the annoying company from your home as quickly as possible and are ready to even spend money on this, you can buy ready-made remedies for midges in stores. Such devices are especially effective in the kitchen.

Glue trap "Raptor"

The trap works according to a very simple principle: a pleasant smell attracts insects. Flying on the aroma, midges adhere to the inner surface of the device, losing the opportunity to get out of it. The trap remains clean and attractive without disturbing the comfort of the room. The radius of action of one such tool is 10-12 square meters.

Important! Before using the trap, read the detailed instructions for use.

Remedy for fruit flies “Aeroxon”

Such a trap is arranged on the same principle as the Raptor. The package contains 2 pieces at once, which are designed for the quick destruction of small midges swarming around fruits and vegetables.

Chemical agent against insects “Dichlorvos”

Chemical preparations should be used very carefully. Remove all food and utensils from the room so that the product does not get on them and does not lead to poisoning.

According to the instructions, spray the product indoors, having previously closed the windows and doors. After the death of the entire colony of midges, do not forget about ventilation and wet cleaning.

Important! Do not breathe air during the treatment of the room with chemicals - this is very harmful to health. It is good if the children during the procedure will walk on the street.

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How to make traps for midges yourself?

We bring to your attention the easiest to make midge traps from improvised tools that will help you quickly catch all the small animals that are unpleasant for you.

“Banana Trap”

The midge loves bananas very much, so why not take advantage of this? Moreover, for this you do not have to be distracted from your daily affairs and do some kind of complex body movements.

The method is extremely simple:

1. Put the banana peel in a jar, bag, or plastic bottle.
2. Close the trap container.
3. Use a thin needle to make small holes.
4. In this form, put the device near the place of accumulation of insects.

Important! The moths will fly by the smell, but simply will not find the way back. By filling the tank, you can destroy the midge or let it out onto the street. If you are not a supporter of pity and forgiveness, put the jar in the refrigerator for a few minutes. Insects will die quickly when exposed to low temperature.

Liquid trap:

1. Pour a little pleasantly smelling liquid into the container - you can use compote, wine or apple cider vinegar.
2. Add a drop of detergent to the bait.

Important! Dishwashing liquid will help reduce the level of tension on the surface of the water and midges will drown, having flown in the smell of goodies.

Cone trap

1. Put in a jar a piece of some fruit, preferably rotten or sour.
2. Twist a pointed cone with a thin hole out of paper and lower it into a container.

Important! Insects will be able to fly into the smell of bait, but they will not be able to get out. Once the trap is full, take it out of the house and discard.

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Of course, in order not to have to get rid of annoying insects, it is best to prevent their appearance. We have offered you a large selection of ways to get rid of midges. Choose the option that suits you to evict unwanted neighbors to your taste. May your labors bring success!