Tiny Brown Flying Insects

RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post By Annoying Buggy (Guest Post) (08/14/2008) Yes, I've been seeing a lot of these bugs in my house. They're upstairs crawling and flying. I've even had one fly up to my laptop screen and one into my mouth! PLEASE anyone tell me how to get rid of them. They've never been here so much before. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post By Michelle (Guest Post) (07/15/2008) We've been seeing these bugs everywhere! They're these little tiny brown fly-looking bugs (they have little wings, too). They can jump/fly, but we can squish some of them. We've found them in our beds, sinks, and windows/curtains. We've already washed all of our clothes, sprayed our entire rooms down with bug spray, but they keep on coming back at night. Any ideas to what they are? We're thinking they may be coming from outside/our balcony? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post By Crystal O (Guest Post) (07/04/2008) So we have had the same little infestation going on for weeks. It had become a game trying to figure out where they were coming from, until we realized they were breeding in our LUCKY bamboo plant. We threw it out, hopefully it will take the bugs and our badluck with it. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post By These annoying little bugs! (Guest Post) (07/01/2008) I started seeing these bugs about a week ago and I thought they were coming from outside at first. Then I investagated further and to my horror that there was a nest of these things living in two boxes of pastina that I had on my refrigator. I threw out all the macaroni and cleaned the area in question well, To my desmay They were back , I took my kitchen apart, you will never believe were I found them hiding in the bottom of my toaster tray and in the grill of my kitchen air conditioner. I bleached everything down and I am only seeing a staggering few, I dont leave bread, cereal or any pasta out if I do it is either kept in a glass or tupperware like container, I hope this information helps ~~~ Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post By lb (Guest Post) (06/25/2008) I have the same problem these little bugs just come in my room during the summer and not during winter. They're not beetles. They are very small like a little bigger than an ant. I have no clue what they are any help is much appreciated. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post By mbowdy (Guest Post) (06/24/2008) I have the same problem. I have a ferret that I give fruit to & have water dishes for her & the 2 cats in the house. My sister told me to use lavender oil. They hate that nice smell. I put it on my cat & got rid of his fleas too. And put some on cotton balls all over the house. And wiped it around the edge of the food & water dishes & pured it down the drains too. It is 100% all natural & safe for all pets & people. The gnats only like things that are wet and/or rotten. That put off a vinegar smell. So vinegar wont work. Good luck! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post By sejal (Guest Post) (06/20/2008) Those bugs you are talking about must be foreign grain beetles. They are tiny enough to come through window screens and such, however they don't bite but are just pesky pests. They like damp or moldy areas, so check to make sure theres no fungus or leaky pipes. That's all I know of, there still hard to get rid of, but just keep cleaning and checking dry foods and all. Hope it helps! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post By Anonymous (Guest Post) (06/10/2008) I have found these bugs in my pets food supply. I have noticed they tend to stay around the window, and behind furniture. I have removed the source of food and swept and removed any of the dead and live bugs. The ones in my home can fly but tend to crawl. I still see one or too as I only spotted the problem today. I am going to continue with my thorough cleaning until none are left. Just be careful with your pet food! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post By Kaitlyn M. (Guest Post) (05/28/2008) I hate the same problem but they aren't fruit flies. I know what fruit flies are. hese are same beetle like bugs. There small, no pattern, and live in nook and crannys. I've found them in my kitchen, bathroom, dining room, EVEN IN MY BED. It's gross and it's starting to get annoying. They don't bite or anything harmful. I just don't find it safe. I actually ate one. I started to cry because it was in a brand new box of cereal. There like nothing I've every seen. Please if anyone has any idea how to get rid of them call me at 516-655-3750 or email me at xpeacexbbyx AT aim.com "HELP" Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post by apurso (1) | (03/21/2008) Contact I found the identity of my tiny brown flying insects that would show up every early spring but have yet to find the source. I hope this website helps...http://www.uaex.edu/Other_Areas/publications/PDF/MP442/fabric_pests.pdf Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post By Nicole from TX (Guest Post) (03/18/2008) I have the same little bugs in my apartment and they look a lot like drugstore beetles, but I cleaned my entire pantry about two weeks ago and never found more than a few in any one food item (which I promptly threw away). I tend to find a few of them every morning and every night crawling on the sofas (and every once in a while in the kitchen or bathroom). The place where I've found the most of them is near the sliding glass door to the balcony - they're mostly dead here and I can't figure out where they're coming from. They're tiny, they fly, they're really slow and easy to catch, and they have a little shell when you squish them (just like the description of a drugstore beetle). My problem is I can't find where they're coming from! I've looked through all of my food, my cat's dry food and around both sofas. They're driving me crazy!! With the exception of throwing away EVERYTHING in my pantry I can't think of anything else to do! Any help would be greatly appreciated. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post By neil. (Guest Post) (03/10/2008) i have had the same prob in my house for the last year or so there were pretty bad during the summer. but kinda slowed down during the winter. we found a swarm of them in a box of old doggy treats that were not being used. they were fedding off of them for a while. there were chew holes in the box and the treats were chewed to dust by them stupid brown bugs. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post By Michelle (Guest Post) (02/04/2008) Ialso have them what are they??? How do i get rid of them??? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post By sick of em' (Guest Post) (11/20/2007) I'm going to try the vinegar. Lots of people mention it here. I am glad to find out that they ate harmless and there's some tactic to use (maybe). Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post By Tracy (Guest Post) (11/15/2007) This site was SO HELPFUL! I have seen these bugs around my home on occasion, but since Halloween they have fiercely taken over it seems. My husband put all the pumpkin seeds from our pumpkins in a bowl to plant in the spring for our three year old and left them sitting out in my dining room for at least a week before I found the bowl. It was a swarm! Now they are in every room of the house. I found them in my cabinets where I keep my breads / sweets, on my fruit bowl, in my sink, my bathroom, etc... Not a threat to anyone, just very annoying!! They are hard to catch and hard to kill. I have been spraying them with windex just to make them hit the surface long enough for me to squash them. My three year old is even helping me. Once I disable them, he shoots them with his buzz light year laser gun. FUN! I am definitely going to try the vinegar and soap! THANKS!! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post By Lisa (Guest Post) (10/31/2007) THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! Thanks especially to Harry for the detailed information and the link. It was all very useful information. I have been seeing these things flying around sporadically for weeks and thought they were coming in from the windows. I read the link from your post and it gives a nice list of breeding places. I spent all morning (this morning) going through ALL my food and found them mostly in or around the flour products, including corn starch, flour, and pancake mix. They could have been other places that I didn't know about because I have to admit that I was a big chicken and threw out anything that looked old or suspicious without opening it. I even threw out an unopened bag of flour because I saw them in the opened bag and figured, "hey, flour is cheap... I'm not taking my chances." I also checked the dry cat food, which is suggested in the article, but thankfully did not see any in there. Anything that is not in a glass or aluminum container is now in the freezer! I am so freaked out by this experience! I think I'm going to have the creepy crawly's for a couple of days... :) But now I know that I was providing their breeding ground this whole time... yuck! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post By Gloria (Guest Post) (10/13/2007) I have those tiny little pest too. I have been trying to figure out how to get rid of them. I am going to try the vinegar thing. They are mainly in the windows, counter tops, behind and on the stove. They are also making their way into the frig. I hope this works. Please keep looking for other ways to get rid of these little pest. Thank Gloria Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post By Amanda (Guest Post) (10/09/2007) Thank you to whoever suggested looking through the spices! YUCK! Hopefully I found the problem, they were everywhere in the cabinet and had found there way into spice packets and a spice that was hardly used! Just wanted to say thanks! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post By (Guest Post) (10/07/2007) I am from SD. We just built a new home. We have started to have these tiny reddish brown bugs all over our house. They are the size of a pin head and have hard shells. I have tried smashing them with my finger but they don't die unless you rub them between your fingers. They seam to like sinks and light. They are not the cereal bugs some are talking about and they are not fruit flies. They do fly but mostly crawl. The wings are not visible when they are crawling. We had them before in a much smaller scale in our other house and as soon as it froze outside they quit. They are annoying. Does anyone know what they are and how to stop them? Hope I can find this site again. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post by Ugh! (1) | (09/18/2007) Contact These bugs love fruit, vegetables(especially bananas and potatoes),anything wet such as drains and wet rags and cat litter boxes. To rid your home of these pests, get rid of all fruits and vegetables, change litter box and clean it with bleach.Pour bleach in your drains.Then take a few small bowls,fill them 1/2 with vinegar(any kind will do) and add a few drops of dishwashing detergent(fruity smelling such as lemon or grapefruit works best). Cover these bowls tightly with plastic wrap and punch 2 or 3 small holes in the wrap(about the diameter of the end of a wire coat hanger), and set the bowls in the areas where you see the bugs. You will be amazed at how many of these bugs will collect in the bowls.Change the vinegar-soap once a day until they quit collecting bugs.This will take 2 or 3 days. If you still have bugs then you haven't eliminated the source. Check old spices and cereal boxes. This method really works so don't give up.Good luck. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post By Colleen (Guest Post) (09/03/2007) Check your spice cabinet - I found them breeding in a bag of some kind of old spice I had in the far back of the cabinet - I cleaned it all out - No more bugs. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post By Deanna (Guest Post) (08/01/2007) I've heard a couple of different possible insects in this post, but I'm not sure all the characteristics fit my bug problem. We have a bug plague in our home. We live in Alabama. They've been showing up in the latter part of the summer for the past 3 years. They stick around for about a month or two and then they are gone until the following year. They are very tiny like a gnat. Fast, really good flyers. I even have a photo! Please take a look. They seem to love moisture and light. We don't have any house plants or pets. If you can, please identify and give info on how to get rid of them for good! We also have had no luck finding the source. they just start appearing about the same time every year. Thanks! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post By Kawigirl33 (Guest Post) (07/06/2007) We have had problems with the pesky lil brown bugs as well. We had them before in a pancake mix, also in a box of pasta. Do your lil brown bugs have a tiny shell when they get squished? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post By Tami (Guest Post) (03/31/2007) I have this problem everyonce in awhile. They kind of look like small moths. I usually vacuum up a few moth balls and that seems to help. I figures it kills the eggs and the problem. Give it a try Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post By nikkie (Guest Post) (03/30/2007) I think I have the same tiny bug problem i just noticed them a month or 2 ago at first i thought they were fleas from our cat then they went away and now i just found them again but only in my kitchen how can i safely get rid of them i have 3 young children in the house so i need the safest method. If anyone has any can you plz let me know thank you Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post By christie. (Guest Post) (03/14/2007) We have just moved into a new house that we had built and it has to be the boxed cereal that we keep in our panty. Cause them little brown flying bugs are back....lol We use to keep the cereal on top our refrig. at our apartment and they got all in our kitchen. Oh my goodness now I have them again but this time only in the pantry. I threw out all the boxed cereal and cleaned and sprayed...Wish me luck.....lol e-mail me back if you want at christie_ford26 AT yahoo.com bread beetles. on my harry was very right..... Harry was right they are little beetles from like cereal boxes and sorts of grains...mainly packaged food stuffs... Thanks Harry so much........write me back please :) christie Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post By Harry (Guest Post) (03/04/2007) Hi, the insects are actually "beetles"...they are called "bread beetles"...and grow in all sorts of grains...mainly packaged food stuffs... we got infected with them when we went on holidays, they breed in pantries and plces were you store your packaged foods... the only way to get rid of them is to find the primary source of infestation and place the infected container ( box) in a sealed plastic bag and put it in the freezer for a week...this will kill the larvae...they breed very quickly...the female lays about 100 eggs...if you need more information do a search for bread beetles or cigarette beetles...they belong to the same family... check out this website... http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/urban/stored/cigarette_beetle.htm cheers Harry Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post By Anonymous (Guest Post) (01/12/2007) I dunno about those measures. But about getting rid of them - look for any sort of food that they can breed in. I found a container of oats that I hadn't opened yet; those bugs were swarming in it! They ate right through the paper wrapping and the tin wall of the container and made their nest right in the oats! There were spider webs and at least twenty running around under the lid. The rice container also was breeding them. Another thing. When you find a whole crowd of them, leave quietly and come back with the vacuum cleaner, then suck the whole lot of them up. Attack them with a fly swatter and they'll fly through the holes or scatter. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post By Jim H (Guest Post) (09/05/2006) They sound like 'Foreign Grain Beetles' - harmless to wood, fabrics, and stored food that's in good condition. Look for the source: an old forgotten bag of flour, a box of pancake mix, etc. I had an infestation originating from one of those homemade beanbags that you heat up in the microwave - it was filled with dried corn! Once you find and remove their home/breeding ground you'll notice a dramatic decrease in their population. They're harmless, but certainly annoying. Good luck! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post By christie & kevin (Guest Post) (08/08/2006) We also have a problem with tiny brown flying bugs (insects) I have no clue of what they are but they are everywhere in our house. They started in the kitchen on the stove then livingroom and the bedrooms.They don't bite or do us anything but they get on everything in the kitchen and on us at times. We can see them flying soemtimes too. We just would love to fine out what kinda bugs they are and how to do away with them..I'v never seen them before and we have been using bugs spary the best of names too...lol I think they like the light and water but not too sure about that cause they end up on our counters tops and inside the windows,tubs and just everywhere but its not like tons of them at a time its like every now and then and a couple at a time but we just can't get a name for them and want them gone...I'v spend hours online looking up bugs and nothing that looks like our little brown bugs that fly.....we would love soem ones in put on this matter and a name ...lol if anyone can help us please e-mail me at christie_ford26 AT yahoo.com make sure you put about brown bugs ok thanks and hope to hear back from someone soon...cause i don't know if i'll find my way back to this site....lol christie & kevin from louisiana Report Spam or Abuse Re. Tiny brown flies Post By shoushou (Guest Post) (07/13/2006) U might wanna try Dettol if you wipe down ALLL ur surfaces with it (inc walls) then the flies will reduce in number) i had a MASSIVE problem in my flat.... i cud barely walk around with the number of flies that lived here when i first moved in.. but unclogging the drains and pouring dettols EVERYWHERE has sorted 98% of the problem... now i can count the number of flies i c everyday on one hand.. WOOHOOO.. almost there! Report Spam or Abuse Re. Tiny brown flies Post By shoushou (Guest Post) (07/13/2006) U might wanna try Dettol (a disinfectant like Lysol) if you wipe down ALL ur surfaces with it (inc walls) then the flies will reduce in number) i had a MASSIVE problem in my flat.... i could barely walk around with the number of flies that lived here when i first moved in.. but unclogging the drains and pouring dettols EVERYWHERE has sorted 98% of the problem... now i can count the number of flies i see everyday on one hand.. WOOHOOO.. almost there! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post By Marta (Guest Post) (04/12/2006) My mother has been having the same problem with these tiny flying insects. She has been fighting them for the last 3 months and they don't go away. We've fogged, used every bug spray we can find including boric acid. They die down for a day or so and all of a sudden they're back! They are more active at night and they get into wood, rugs, clothes and even shoes. My mom has gotten rid of her couch, mattresses and rocking chair in the hopes of getting rid of them - they were all infested. An exterminator came by and saw our samples and he said it was dust...dust for goodness sake! These samples had wings! We're still fighting them and wondered if you ever came up with a solution. We're also looking for another exterminator. Help! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post By Brian W. (Guest Post) (10/15/2005) There is another possibility that is increasingly more possible. Research the names Sawtoothed grain beetle, tobacco beetle, cigarette beetle, drugstore beetle, foreign grain beetle. You are more likely if you are in a newer home or in an agricultural area (or formerly agricultural area) to see these types of bugs. They've also been known to be brought home in a package such as potatoes or dog snacks. Good luck. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post By ML (Guest Post) (09/08/2005) Thank you for the suggestions! I'm trying the vinegar, and I think it's working. Maybe it's the time of year, too. If they come back, I'll try the indoor fogger. I just wondered how safe they were, and if you had to leave the house for awhile afternwards. Anyone know? Thanks again! ML Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post by terdralynn (87) | (09/07/2005) Contact Hey, another use for vinegar! Thanks, Streach, I'm going to try this because I definitely have a fruit fly problem. TerryfromChilliOH. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post by yasmin (3) | (09/07/2005) Contact If they are fruitflies, Streach's idea really does work, that's what I do for fruitflies too, (although you have to make sure to eliminate the source/eggs as well of cousre) Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post By suzi homemaker (Guest Post) (09/07/2005) You could try using indoor foggers also. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Tiny Brown Flying Insects Post by Streatch (34) | (09/06/2005) Profile | Contact This time of year, late August, early September here in Nova Scotia we have tiny black flies that are called "fruit flies" - lots of things ripening too fast, plus heat & humidity... I've been doing this for a few years & it has always worked! Put 1/2 to 1 Cup of vinegar in a dish, cover with plastic wrap, put a few small holes (I use a fork) in the plastic. Place where the flies are bothering you & volia! They get caught & can't fly out; I empty every morning 'til mid September. Love these "old wives tales"! Some really do work! Doreen Report Spam or Abuse