Tiny Moth Flies

Antennae are 13 segmented with each segment having a bulbous swelling and circle of long hairs.

Tiny moth flies. Also known as sink flies filter flies and sewer gnats this small fly often misidentified as a fruit fly causes no real damage. They also are attracted to lights but are weak fliers and are more often found sitting on walls nearby. Use a fly swatter to kill adult flies. Moth flies drain flies lay eggs in a mass of 30 to 100 in a suitable medium.

The eggs form the moth fly drain fly are laid in irregular masses in such places as dirty garbage disposal units water traps in plumbing fixtures sewage plant filters and almost any where decmposing organic materials are found. Psychodidae called drain flies sink flies filter flies or sewer gnats is a family of true flies some genera have short hairy bodies and wings giving them a furry moth like appearance hence one of their common names moth flies. Most species are black in color but at least one commonly encountered species is mousy brown. These eggs hatch in less than 48 hours.

Drain fly is one of the common names for the moth fly psychoda sp. Their wings and bodies are covered with hairs and when crushed they leave a powdery smudge. While destroying the breeding grounds will prevent the flies from laying more eggs you ll still have to deal with adult drain flies up to 20 days after you clean the drains. Their fuzziness is what earned them the nickname moth flies do drain flies bite.

Therefore simply concentrate the moth ball vapor by covering the drainage outlet or pipes with a clear container and the moth balls. True to this nickname drain flies can be a problem anywhere there is standing water particularly around drains. Because they are very tiny 1 8 inch it s best to use a magnifying lens to see these features. Both their wings and bodies are covered in long hairs which gives these flies a fuzzy appearance.

Also known a sewer flies filter flies and moth flies drain flies are only about 1 8 inch in size and are usually black but can also be brown in color. While not harmful having drain flies in your home can certainly be a nuisance. Moth balls contain naphthalene which is toxic so they will kill the rest of the drain flies that emerge from their breeding ground. Members of the sub family phlebotominae which are hematophagous feed on blood may be called sand flies in some countries although this term is also used for.

Drain flies are small around 1 5 mm 5mm in length. This will trap the drain flies with the deadly vapor. Moth eggs can easily infiltrate your closet by affixing themselves to these materials so scraping them off regularly can help keep any moth larvae from getting inside. Drain flies are just as often called moth flies because of their shape and the fact that they have hairy wings and a fuzzy body like moths.