How do I get rid of the tiny flying things in my kitchen?

[coventgarden]

They hang around where I cook and they are annoying me now.

Haha

Bashed one big normal fly with a bag and five fly straight outside.

I need something to stop flies getting in, it is stressing me now.

Bumping for you as I too seem to get these in the summer months. Are your's the teeny tiny little ones that seem to move in slow motion (but still seem to escape a swatting!)

Yes, as well as regular flies and ones with blue/green colouring.

Teeny tiny flies: check for fruit going soft, make sure compost bin is covered

Big flies: check outside for source, bins most likely

Just worked out the bag is open on the mini compost bin . have closed that and think the bigger flies might be hanging around due to the guinea pigs being on the patio??

I remember staying in a Singapore hotel with lots of fruit flies around the breakfast buffet; they live with them and probably eat them! With no problem. Put a sticky fly strip up.

Don't put a sticky fly strip up unless you are prepared to take the consequences of walking into it...

Several supermarkets do little plastic hanging blocks things with flykiller inside them, which seem to work. Decomposing fruit/veg is deffo the culprit, bin it all, double bag it, wash down all surfaces and keep any new food in airtight containers for a week - it's the only way! And if you have a mug tree out, don't forget to run all the mugs through a hot wash before using them, as the tiny flies tend to fall in them to die... (they do in our house, anyway, mutter mutter)

Re. the larger flies, I'm tempted by these and the door screen further down the page - has anyone else got them and are they any good? Site reviews are mixed...

We love fly swats weirdly satisfying!!

Apparently if you over-water your indoor pot plants and the roots rot, there are teeny flying things that live in there too (perhaps the same ones that like fruit).

I have seen them fly out of my orchid pots.

We have had the same problem re fruit flies, the only thing that worked for me was a plastic pint glass on the window ledge one third filled with cider, they were attracted to the smell......