Drain files are also called moth flies or sewer gnats. They look quite a bit like moths. They are dusty and they have trouble flying just like moths, but they are actually flies. Once you’ve observed one of these flies, it is highly likely that there are hundreds more in the near vicinity. They are often misidentified for fruit flies. This is understandable considering that both are tiny, pester people and spend time in large groups.
Drain flies lay their eggs in your pipes. As their name suggests, drain flies put down their eggs in the things that lay in your pipes such as skin, hair and things of that nature. During the time the eggs emerge, anywhere between ten and two hundred larvae appear in less than forty-eight hours. The larvae eat the material that they were laid in and, in nine to fifteen days, they become fully grown drain flies. In the daytime, they while away time mostly by sitting on walls or other such surfaces and that makes them an easy target. Once killed, a powdery residue is left behind that must be cleaned up. Their life span is about two weeks long. Don’t assume that your problem is over until you’ve killed all of the eggs that are in the drains. If you don’t kill them, you’ll never do away with them.
If measures are not taken to get rid of drain fly larvae and drain fly breeding grounds, you will never be rid of them.
How to Kill Drain Flies in the Drain
Get rid of the eggs. Start by cleaning the hair catcher in your drain, if you have one. Using a pipe brush or a pipe snake, clean the rest of the drain out. You want to remove any organic material from the drains that they flies could or could have laid eggs on. Pull everything out of the drain and throw it away. Look forward to to getting muddled during this excursion.
Even a pipe snake can’t get everything out. It is very difficult to get unrefined matter outside the drains and pipes of your house. Buy a bottle or two of drain cleaner, to fix that! Pouring it down the drain should get the remainder of the junk out of your drain system. Make sure that all instructions are followed properly and use as much as you can on your pipes.
Plunge the area. Just to make sure that you didn’t miss anything, you’ll want to plunge the drains. Keep forcing water into the drain to make sure that you’ve gotten rid of all of the cleaner. Splattering yourself with chemicals is never a good idea. While running the water, plunge the drain for quite a few minutes. Once that’s been done, pour a large pot of boiling water down the pipe. Make sure you don’t burn yourself in the process!
Keep up with the household chores. Clean your drains often! Do it once a month at least, lest you wish to repeat the experience. If you have a trash clearance, it’s a good idea to run it at least once every day so that the material goes down the drain completely. In short, keep all organic material out of reach of flies and make sure that anything that you are throwing away really does get thrown away.
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