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    Default my kitchen is infested!

    ...and it's driving me fucking insane! I'm so grossed out I can't even stand to eat in here anymore. The only place I get a wireless signal is in the kitchen, though, so I have to sit here at the counter swatting at gnats, flies, MOTHS, ladybugs, spiders, weird flying insects that I have no idea what they are...ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew! I've got bugs dropping onto my head while I type. ::puke::

    I can't use bug repellant really, b/c it wouldn't stop them coming in. I know how they're getting in...through the window. I never had an insect problem until I had the window a/c unit put in. And it's ridiculously hot here, so taking it out isn't really a good option. Although these motherfucking bugs are driving me so crazy and grossing me out so much I'm thinking about sucking it up and just getting a little fan for the counter and taking out the a/c unit.

    Is there anything else I can do? Any way to keep these creatures out but still keep the a/c unit? I just swept the floor and there is this nasty pile of dead bugs, moths in the sink, an assload of dead flies/gnats on the window sill, more gnats flying around the stove...gross! And it's not like my apartment is dirty; I keep it clean, there's no rotting food or dirty dishes or piles of trash that would attract this volume of bugs and insects.

    It's got to be the window. Fuckfuckfuck.

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    Default Re: my kitchen is infested!

    You might try some natural bug repellants around the unit.... I know bay leaves are good for some bugs. Keep the kitchen super clean. I had a bug problem once and it makes me want to vomit to this day when I think about it... ugh!

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    It'll look tacky, but duct tape around the edge of the A/C unit ought to keep them from coming in around the cracks.

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    Oh gosh, I SO feel your pain. I just went through the same thing. I live out in the woods and my house got INFESTED with fruitflies after a potato fell out of a bag and I didn't notice it for a while. Oh, and then I got fucking fleas even though I never let my cats outside. It was AWFUL.

    My tips:

    Pour bleach down your kitchen drains
    Scour your kitchen and look for ANY kind of food source they could be feeding off of
    This includes soda and beer cans as well as old sponges. Fruit, POTATOES, etc. Hell, even wet dog/cat food
    If you wanna catch 'em, get a ripened banana and put it in a jar (you may have to get a few), cover it with plastic wrap firmly and poke about six holes in it with a toothpick. Put them in the areas where you see them most

    When in doubt, bomb the fuck out of your house/apartment. That's what I had to do about the fleas. I got Advantix for my cats, spray for my bedding and furniture, enough bug bombs for a 4,000 square foot house and sprinkled sevendust around the perimeter of my house

    Hope that helps. It freaking sucks, I know exactly what you're going through.

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    Default Re: my kitchen is infested!

    could you use a bug zapper? or hang it just outside the window to lure them there to their deaths?

    how about the natural bug repellant like they burn at bbq's? might be too stinky.

    flypaper is icky but will work over time.

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