My house is being taken over by ants and small tiny little red flies- I think they're fruit flies. There are HUNDREDS of them in my kitchen! I have scrubbed EVERYTHING down with bleach-floors, cupboards, inside cupboards, sink, washing machine and dishwasher, stove, fridge both inside and out, garbage can, recycling bins, I re-washed all dishes/pots/pans/tupperware
I even bought all airtight food storage containers and put EVERY bit of food possible into them in the cupboards and fridge- no open packages or food ANYWHERE in the house. I even did the same cleaning routine in all the rooms of our house. Everything is soooo clean you could eat off any surface in the house. Yet, we still have a major ant issue- and the flies are makign me nuts- when you walk into the kitchen they're like a cloud. They even sit on our clean laundry, which makes me NUTTY. You can't leave your plate of food at dinner for even 2 seconds or it has at least 50 flies on it. I don't let food of any kind sit out at all, so there is no food they are getting into. I even emptied all our closets, steam cleaned upholstry and everything...
I also made sure all the doors have no space around them for the flies to come in. I know they came into the house somehow- and now Ic an't get them OUT of the house.
How can I get rid of them in a safe way? We have 2 kids, 3 cats and a dog- and nowhere to goto leave the house to spray or anything extreme.
And about the pet food- the flies and ants don't seem to bother with it at all. I have watched and they don't go near it. I also wash and put away the bowls as soon as they are done eating.
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