Ok, I need your help. For the last few days, we have had a problem around here. When we leave a light on and the window open at night, hundreds of bugs come in. They look sort of like gnats, but they are not attracted to fruit or garbage -- just the light. We also have some moths and ladybugs, but those I can deal with. It's these crazy gnat-like things! They're driving me mad. They gather along the ceiling, or more precisely along the corners where the ceiling meets the wall. Then they die and fall into my clean dishes, my sink, on my floor, everywhere. For the last four mornings, I have had to vacuum my entire house -- as well as the ceilings!
What ARE these creatures and how do I get rid of them? We tried just leaving the windows closed but it got way, way too hot in here. Leaving the lights off all night is not an option either. What do we do? Is there some sort of product I can buy?
I feel like I am going crazy -- not a pleasant thing to wake up to! Any ideas?
Yeah, you can buy a screen - I guess that's a product. Its non-toxic too!
Maybe buy some screening material and tack it around the windows. You don't have to invest in actual screens.
what about fly strips? not purty but they work...
I think you could easily build a screen for the window. Have the boy get his tools out and build something.
We have those too. They are weird little buggers. If you can't build screens, we have these bamboo shades that go on the outside that we have in the kitchen and the bedroom (the two windows we have open the most) and it seems to keep out most of the bugs. We can't bulid screens for our windows. You can get these bamboo window shades at Truffaut or Ikea. They rolls up and down with a rope on one side. If you have any questions or want ot come over and see. let me know. Let's go for a walk with the boy sometime soon.