I kept sweeping up little black bugs along one baseboard where I keep my cat's dish and water. I changed the location where I kept his place mat because they were in his water. I sprayed the area with ant spray and put down moth balls, which seemed to work. After a while they were back, after the moth balls disappeared.
Finally, I washed the floor with bleach and I didn't see them. I went in my pantry and moved a bag of brown rice, and there they were! First, I moved everything and put down moth balls. After the moth balls melted, I washed every shelf with bleach. I haven't seen any for two weeks.
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I think I found the name of the little bugs, Drugstore Beetles
Drugstore beetles are brown. These beetles are black
No, drugstore beetles are brown. These are black bugs without a hard shell
I have seen these tiNY back flying bugs in my kitchen sink what r they and how do I get rid of them
OK, i had these same little bugs in my kitchen around the baseboard near one cabinet. We went through all the flour containers and nothing found. I have a cabinet drawer where i keep many kinds of herbs, some of them have been opened so naturally it spills.
Check out diatomaceous.com a line of it around outside of house and anywhere in house you have any bug problem will disappear !
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Definitely a way to kill your cat...moth balss are toxic...common sense!
I think they are in the beetle family. They look like tiny round dots when they sleep. When they are awake you can see the head. They tuck their heads under their neck or belly so they look like round domes but very tiny.
I live in central Florida . I had a large bag of bird seed in my house sitting next to my refrigerator . I started to go out the door one day and I saw all of these tiny black bugs all in the seed and on the floor . I took the seed outside until I could figure out what I was going to do with it . I cleaned up the bugs ,the next day they were all around the baseboards in the kitchen . I swept everywhere, I also have two cats so I cleaned their area well and mopped with bleach .
Dont put down mothballs if you have pets they are deadly to dogs
Agreed. So they kept coming from same corner so I checked out the kitchen drawers next to that corner and found them in the bottom of a drawer. They turned the dried Lima beans from a packaged bag into dust.
I had the EXACT same problem!! They were along the baseboards and exactly where I kept my cats water and food. Very, very tiny and black in color. I have never seen them before this. Occasionally see them on my counters so I really try NOT leave food out. TOO small to take a picture of. What is the name of this bug?
I have NO animals in my home and am fed up with these tiny bugs on the kitchen floor.
I have been seeing tiny 1/4-5/8" bugsl They appear a just a tiny moving black object. There are not any antenna or any other parts that project from the tiny spot. If I put my finger on them they roll up into a dot like a poppyseed. They are mostly loners.
Please don't use ant spray where pets are. That is toxic to them as well
The key to DIY pest eradication is to first know your enemy, and that means identifying the target. In my case it was 'sawtoothed grain beetles'. I wasted way too many days on the internet trying to identify the bug, and failing. I eventually smartened up and got that done by a pro. I forget which one I used, but a quickie google search of 'send in sample bug for identification' will net many choices. The fee is usually $20 to $30 and well worth it. Do not ask them what insecticide to use, as most universities are infested with leftists, that will want you to "be humane" and "coexist" with the home invaders! Just ask for the name only, and never tell them why you want to know. Once you discover exactly what critter you are fighting, it becomes easy to google the best insecticide to use. A good source of these are:
Just follow the instructions fanatically. Be prepared to 'rinse and repeat' for at least the next six months, to fully accomplish insect genocide on your beasties.
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