What:
Tiny flying bugs measuring about 1/16″ long.
Where:
“The brownish tinge to the pictures is from a paper towel stained with coffee as my wife found them in coffee left over from the day before. We have seen a few of these flying around in the kitchen and have searched everywhere to see where they are coming from. No luck.
We live in South Florida and it has been fairly cold here for the last week or so. Possibly, that is relevant to identification.”
Do you know what type of bugs these are?
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Are little insects bugging you? Are you itching to know which bug you are dealing with?
- Send a clear picture to dd2 [@] live [dot] nl.
- Mention size. For instance 2 mm.
- If possible with something for scale in it. Or something on the background. A remote control, a coin, or a banana if you must.
- Mention where you encounter the bugs. For example; in your living room in Carlsbad, California.
- Mention characteristics. Do they fly? Do they bite?
We will post your pics here and help you determine what you’re dealing with.
I recently have had these. I purchase beans from Starbucks and Costco and they both by coffee maker and supplies in Kitchen. I don’t know how to get rid of. I worry how many have been consumed in coffee and are these harmful. I am in California. Its been a hot summer.
Those are just common fruit flies. We get them all the time. They lay eggs in the drain. I think you can run vinegar and hot water down the drain and it will help. We had them so bad that we bought a $40 bug zapper for in the house and it kills all fruit flies and mosquitos that get in. It’s worth every penny.
I’ve had the same problem and these are much smaller that fruit flies , I’ve ru8n vinegar through the fairly new pot and they were still inside the water well and were attached to the tube. The pot went into the trash. My sister has an old pot that’s about 5 ft away from where mine is and its never been cleaned and has no bugs. There must be something in the material or they were infected when manufactured.
Yes, we did the same thing with the purchasing of the bug zapper and it kills them all through the day and night. Worth every penny. We bought 2 of them.
I am not an insect professional,however in my experience over the last 20 years there is a definite difference between fruit flies and sewer flies. Fuit flies are found when leftover food is available, and it is seasonably warm. Fruit flies are very small in general. Sewer flies are slightly bigger, and darker in color. Sewer flies will present themselves in a mild climate, and to last throughout the year. Sewer flies are not picky about the items they hover over, and will hover over things a fruit fly will not ie: coffee grinds, bathroom sinks, a box of cookies. As the name implies sewer flies are born in the sewer if you had any issues with the sewer lines backing up you can get sewer flies. Unfortunately the only way to get rid of them is to have the plumber come back and treat your pipes.
I hope this information was helpful, and let me reiterate I am not a professional,this is only my experience, and explanation from a professional plumber as I recall it
OMG I have been trying to figure these things out. For you are so right. I have no food on my counters and they don’t hang around the recycling. Only by my drains and yes my coffee. It’s very irritating for I can’t seem to get rid of them.
Thank you.
I do not know if this is still on black bugs. Black bugs are getting in computer monitors and printers. They got into my monitor I poured bug killer into every hole I could find in the frame and shock the monitor than taped every hole. I found a tiny bug with wings sticking up on the window of my monitor. They must have been having babies, how did they get out. I went on search(pch) and asked what to use to get these bugs away. Coffee grounds were to be used. It has been working , although I saw one fly past me.
I bought a new monitor. The computer salesman and repairman told me many people are having the same problem. People bring their moniters in to store they through them away. one printer had a black bug in it. what are these black bugs that get in monitors? I have seen other people on search having the same problem.
Have had tiny black black bugs flying around kitchen, in microwave and coffee pot. Not near garbage etc. as expected of fruit flys. No suspicion of them in unbrewed coffee. Seem to get into coffee in pot. I strain it but stilldon’t want to drink it. Farmer borders my property recently cut field corn. Neighbors don’t have the bugs.
Pour a cup of bleach in all your drains for about a week. Done
For the last 2 mornings I have had those bugs in my coffee and ye dont notice them until ye put creamer in ye coffee and then they float to the top of the cup.
Same!! Either bugs are in the creamer or they fly to it after pouring it
To: Irish Cornaire .. So… creamer kills them? (jk).