Search results for query: Soil gnats

Are they soil gnats or fruit flies? The way you get rid of them will depend on this.

I can’t add much to this, other than to advise not to put anything at all on the plant’s leaves, especially with a veiled. I clean plants down to bare root before using. If I get soil gnats, I’ve found mosquito bits work great. For other pests, I look for predatory insects that my cham can eat.

That's so terrible. Soil gnats feel so quaint in comparison. That picture of all those bugs just clustered together like that is just dreadful to imagine!

Fruit flies won’t be attracted to sundews. Fruit flies have the red eyes. Can’t speak for the other methods. Figured they were all suited more for soil gnats

What's worked and hasn't worked for you to rid these blasted pests? I've tried... 1) drying the heck out of the soil between watering, until my plants are desperately sad; 2) added the yellow traps and 1-2 inches of sand over all of the surfaces; 3) pot poppers (nemetoteds); 4)...

Drosera capensis crush the soil gnats for me. Fast growers that spread as well. I have a pretty large plant collection and no signs of gnats. I keep sundews currently on my pet crab’s tank filled with plants and soil… occasionally a gnat pops out and goes straight to the sundews.

I have the dreaded gnats in my cricket and roach bins, but they aren’t the phorid flies…just soil gnats or fruit flies. To make life easier for my pet sitter when I went away, I set up my crickets bioactively (the roaches were already bioactive). Well, I guess the sitter put out too much food...

Definitely fruit flies. I have some in other parts of my house… but I have no idea how they ended up in here. 😅

We must all have different gnats because my carnivorous plants wipe out any and I have a plants and trees in nearly every room of my house lol. Haven’t had gnats in almost 10 years now and I’m constantly bringing in new plants plus have a huge crab tank filled with moist humid soil.

I have hatched out mantis ooths in my enclosures to help control the soil gnats. They make a dent in the gnat population before my chameleons eat them all. I feel kind of bad for the mantis babies as they just don’t have any chance. I’ve ‘saved’ some and grown them out of curiosity/interest and...

Well I cover the soil of all plants with Saran Wrap. You can still water them by pulling it back and replacing it. Then I vacuum up the rest. I also had luck with putting soft foam on top of the screen next to the lights. They went thru the screen then got trapped in the foam.

I can’t bear to watch that video. Will a fully grown mantis wipe out the pests or do you need their hatchlings? I know for soil gnats, I get mantis ootheca and let it hatch out inside my enclosures. Of course, my chams are very efficient at making sure no mantids survive long.

...a fully grown mantis with a chameleon…one of them will end up bitten and probably eaten and I’m not sure which one it would be. Both are ambush predators and where chameleons have those eyes and tongue, mantids are efficient and fierce. This year I’m using mosquito bits to control the soil gnats.

...Leave the flour-like product on the plant for a week, then reapply. Diatomaceous earth is becoming my go-to product for pests. It’s keeping my bug bins and feeder breeding projects free from nasty ridiculously tiny ants. If only it would work for the dratted soil gnats/fruit flies. :rolleyes:

Oh it doesn’t hurt the plants at all. I get a piece of plastic wrap and tuck the sides down at the edge of the soil then put the rest toward the plant and toss on a few rocks to hold it. To be honest, none of these tricks work without the use of a vacuum. They go to the lights. The foam happened...

Update to: The dreaded gnats... I've mostly ridden the thrips, but a few still seem to thrive. I contacted the biological bug shop about further escalation, they provided the following: Orius insidiosus is generally the stronger choice over Anystis baccarum for thrips in your high-humidity...

So idk if it’s gnats, fruit flies or what but since I went bioactive it’s gone down but still see them Inside the enclosure. I guess it’s inevitable with moist dirt and heat lights etc. anything you guys do to limit these? I know the potted plants that get super soaked attract them and I found a...

Update: the gnat population has gone down! But I've noticed the source problem... Littlefoot's lay bin. 🤔🤦‍♀️ I've added some crushed mosquito dunks and some pot poppers. And might add more drainage to the bottom this weekend... but it's a hard one because it needs the moisture to retain...

Hi. Fungus gnats are harmless, but annoying as all get out. Since I have 5 chameleons and almost all are bioactive, I’ve had it pretty bad with the gnats…they were flying in my mouth at times! 😫🤢 I always have 2 Katchy’s running. Around this time of year I buy some mantis ooths to hatch out in...

Quick note that I’ve had great success with a product called “Mosquito bits” in getting rid of fungus gnats in my reptile room. You let them soak in the water you will water your plants with for like an hour and it kills all the gnat larvae over the course of a month or so. Highly recommend.