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Tiny black flying bugs #336696

Asked June 26, 2016, 8:02 PM EDT

We just moved into a house in mountain top pa. The basement is infested with very tiny black flying bugs. I want to get rid of them but I don't know what they are please help

Luzerne County Pennsylvania

Expert Response

These are flies in the family Psychodidae. They are sometimes referred to as drain flies or moth flies. From Bugguide, "Moth flies: adults often found around sewage installations, in public washrooms, and bathrooms in homes, and are attracted to light; larvae live in organic sludge that forms on inner surfaces of drains and sewage pipes; pupae occur on the surface of the organic film that the larvae have been living in."

See this fact sheet from the University of Kentucky for information on management: https://entomology.ca.uky.edu/files/efpdf3/ef615.pdf.

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