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I LOVE the venus flytrap answer! Seriously, though, if they look like fruitflies, they are fungus gnats. Keeping the soil on the dry side is definitely one step. There is also a BT that is used as a soil drench to kill the larva. Ask your garden center. For those pesky, flying adults, I personally use yellow sticky traps. You can find them sold for whitefly/aphids but they work on the gnats, too. You can spray the adults with Insecticidal Soap or even pyrethrums/pyrethrims but I would not do that inside. Personal choice.

16-Apr-2004	#4
Moni bonsaiTALK Expert Join Date: Feb-2002 Location: Clackamas Country: USA USDA Zone: 7 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 171	I LOVE the venus flytrap answer! Seriously, though, if they look like fruitflies, they are fungus gnats. Keeping the soil on the dry side is definitely one step. There is also a BT that is used as a soil drench to kill the larva. Ask your garden center. For those pesky, flying adults, I personally use yellow sticky traps. You can find them sold for whitefly/aphids but they work on the gnats, too. You can spray the adults with Insecticidal Soap or even pyrethrums/pyrethrims but I would not do that inside. Personal choice.