Message 20506 of 39188 in General Discussion

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We have been dealing with this for a while now... so for the last few weeks, 
each night, after we clean and mop everything, we put fans out with the idea 
that if there is no where for the fruit flies to land, they can't live, and 
they can't reproduce.

I don't know why it hasn't worked.

Each night, we pour hot water down the drains for the beer drafts, we put a 
fan in front of each of the floor drains, we sweep, the dishes are put away... 
but when we return, the flies are there waving us on (Hiiiii!!)

I wonder if I should suggest adding overnight fly strips (just put the fly 
strips out when no guests are around, and pick up the dead bugs in the 
morning), but I don't know if there is some health reason to not do that. 

I've also noticed that other bugs have been much more prevalent than in the 
past.... I think it was about a year ago those orange bugs that look like lady 
bugs were really popular, and aggressive. This year, at work, we have fruit 
flies, I go to my mother's house, and there are moths that seem to need a 
Winnebago and boots (they are HUGE) are flying around. At home, I've seen at 
least three centipedes in the last month  - hey, if I wasn't so scared, I'd 
have tried to catch the centipedes, taken one to my mother, one to work, and 
let them auction on who got the third)

Could it be some weather issue? I'm in Michigan, but I've been here my entire 
life, and the bugs this year are something else!
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