When you suspect you have drain or fruit flies in your house, follow these tips!

Every summer, as it gets hotter and humid, drain flies become a big issue in almost every house, every restaurant, and every food processing business. Drain flies like to hatch their eggs in the drain and feed on the scum and bacteria that has collected in the drains. A good way to control these flies is to hit them at that source in the drains. 

Controlling drain flies can start with a home owner by having Boric acid and treating the drains with it. Please wear protection such as masks and gloves when handling any chemicals. Another good way is to use bio-foam that eats bacteria and scum that's in the drains. Thus removing the drain fly's food source. Another way is to regularly clean the drains in intervals of at least once a week with a bucket of scolding hot water and two caps of Clorox. And slow pour the buckets into the drains. Please don't use the product as not intended. 

If you repeat these steps during the summer months, you will begin to see drain fly activity decrease when you attack them at their reproductive source. 

And a bonus tip, cover all fruits and vegetables and keep your house clean.

1. You found a few live ones.
- In the very beginning of the infestation, bed bugs will be hard to find. Live bed bugs are especially hard to find, unless you have a pretty serious infestation. Bed bugs are mostly nocturnal.

Also, 90% of the infestation will be either on your bed or directly adjacent to your bed. Often, they are found between the carpeting and the baseboard, window sill cracks and any furniture adjacent to the bed.

​Best tip: GET A SAMPLE of a bed bug that’s dead or alive. Save it in a Ziploc bag and that will help the inspector diagnose the issue and how far along the problem is.
Like a doctor, an inspector will look at the symptoms of your situation to diagnose it and come up with a good treatment plan.


2. You found shed skins.
- Bed bugs go through various life stages during their lifespan. In order for them to pass from one life stage to the next, bed bugs will shed their exoskeleton. That, inadvertently, helps us to diagnose the problem.


3. You found bloodstains.
- You found little red blotches on your sheets, pillow and some clothing. These stains are from a bedbug biological process. DON’T WASH THE SHEETS.  These stains are another way to help the inspector piece together the extent of an infestation. So put the sheets aside and save them.


​4. Fecal spots.
- Fecal spots look different from the blood stains. Fecal spots look like a dab of ink and are usually on the mattress seams where bed bugs are hiding. Furthermore, fecal spots can also be found in crevices of furniture.
 
Documenting the signs of bed bugs will help the inspector to properly and thoroughly identify a bed big infestation and its scope.