Tiny Brown Flying Insects

By

the3dunaways

Expert: Swarm Of Tiny Bugs Hard To Get Rid Of
Monica Balderrama-KFOX News Reporter
Posted: 5:14 pm MDT June 23, 2010
Updated: 6:00 pm MDT June 23, 2010

EL PASO, Texas -- On Tuesday, KFOX reported on a Lower Valley resident, Yolanda Hernandez, who said her home was being invaded by tiny insects.

KFOX took a sample of the insects to an entomologist with Texas A&M AgriLIFE Extension.

Dr. Salvador Vitanza said the bugs, called a false chinch bug, like moisture and you'll find them in weeds and grass. He also said they're hard to get rid of.

Hernandez suspected that already because she said she tried everything to get rid of them.

Vitanza said the bugs reproduce by the zillions. He said they stay around weeds and if those weeds are cut or dry out, the bugs will move to a different location.

"If a house is in the path of migration, they're may enter the home, but they're not going to feed on anything in the home; they're not going to harm anyone," said Vitanza.

He said calling pest control or spraying insecticide won't work. It might kill some of them, but they'll be back, which is the fear Hernandez had. But, he said, you can vacuum them up or just wait.

"The situation should die down in a few weeks. They don't last forever, usually in a couple or three weeks they should be gone," said Vitanza. Copyright 2010 by KFOXTV.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

By

caligirl2612

I want to thank everybody for all your input, I found out that the bugs are call Chinch bugs, and what a nightmare they are.

By

the3dunaways

Lori, I live in Chaparral also and I am having same problem the last two days. All the sudden they are ALL over my house on Sagewood Drive. I don't know what they are and they are getting so thick and jump on you when you try to do get anywhere near them. They have gotten in my living room through a loose screen and now I can't even open my windows. I googled this and found your post. If you have found out anything please let me know and I will do the same for you. We are gonna try and fog under our house tomorrow and see what that does. This is crazy. You can email me directly at the3dunaways@aol.com

By

Stngray

It sounds like fruit flies, but I never heard of them doing this. Do you have fruit trees? We have sand fleas or gnats in FL that get through the screen, and Raid Flea Spray kills them efficiently.

By

metroplex

For pity's sake! I've never heard of such a thing before. Bugs small enough to fly through your screen? I can't imagine, bless your heart.

First I'd say, because of the weirdness of your problem, would be to hire in a professional bug company. They could at least tell you what they are.

And who knows? Maybe they're from the foundation of your house or something serious.

Just FYI, I have problems with little flying things, but nothing like your problem. What I do is get a styrofoam plate that will hold 1/4"-1/2" of apple cider vinegar; so make sure that the plate has a lip on it.

Then I take lemon joy - must be lemon joy, I don't know why, but it doesn't work with anything else.
I squirt the lemon joy over the top of the vinegar; not drops but good size squirts.

I don't mix it, I just place the plate on the stoop outside my kitchen door where I like to read and where bugs like to eat me.

The first time I did this I was astonished by the number and different kinds of bugs that were in the plate that had drowned. Mostly little flying things I couldnt't identify, but also those horrible big black flies that had drowned. There were 16 varying sizes of just flies!

You might try it, but to tell you the truth, I think it would be just a band aid on a gun shot wound.

See if a professional will come out and give you a free estimate, they usually do. Then at least you can find out what they are.

Good luck.

I really don't know what kind of bugs these are, which is probably why I'm having trouble getting rid of them. They are very small and look like brown specks.

I have tiny brown hard bodied bugs with a body and then a head attached. It has front antennae.

I too, have been having trouble with the little brown flying bugs in my house. Recently, I purchased a new refrigerator.

All of a sudden I have these flying brown hard shell bugs that don't bite and are very annoying. They fly and land on me all the time.