I am literally being driven mad by these things. They are not fruit flies, I think. They barely fly, and they don't look exactly like fruit flies, but they are pretty similar and very very tiny. They are getting exponentially worse every day. It's at the point now where why I put my hand on the substrate, almost five of them will spring into the air.
I have tried fly tape, and I caught ONE in three different tapes, and the tapes got sticky crap everywhere.
I have tried apple vinegar with detergent, and caught none.
Can I bake my substrate in the oven or something? Or freeze it? I feel like these flies/their eggs would survive the freezing if they are native here though.
We are moving at the end of the month, so I have to take all the substrate out to move the enclosure eventually anyway.
Should I just start all over and buy new? I'm so mad, because I JUST got this stuff, and I had to buy it from a pet store so it was crazy expensive.
These flies are so gross. I don't know if I can just deal with them until the end of the month, but if I replace the substrate now and they come back, I will actually die.
I think they got in through this soil I used in my indoor plants, because they didn't show up with the cypress, but that's where they live now.
I just started a new job, new classes, and I'm moving, and these flies are crawling all over my very last nerve! Somebody save me please!
I have tried fly tape, and I caught ONE in three different tapes, and the tapes got sticky crap everywhere.
I have tried apple vinegar with detergent, and caught none.
Can I bake my substrate in the oven or something? Or freeze it? I feel like these flies/their eggs would survive the freezing if they are native here though.
We are moving at the end of the month, so I have to take all the substrate out to move the enclosure eventually anyway.
Should I just start all over and buy new? I'm so mad, because I JUST got this stuff, and I had to buy it from a pet store so it was crazy expensive.
These flies are so gross. I don't know if I can just deal with them until the end of the month, but if I replace the substrate now and they come back, I will actually die.
I think they got in through this soil I used in my indoor plants, because they didn't show up with the cypress, but that's where they live now.
I just started a new job, new classes, and I'm moving, and these flies are crawling all over my very last nerve! Somebody save me please!