Look at this site on Stored Grain Pests in Canada

If you have grain moth larvae, then you need to put your cereals and grains in sealed containers. (A good idea in any case, as it seals out insects and mice.)

If you can manage to catch one in an old jar, you might take it to your local nursery. They can probably help you identify it and also prescribe some kind of remedy to get these creepy critters out of your house.

I'm with Ada - looks like it's some kind of centipede or millipede.

Cindy, Why don't you submit this photo to the site in Ada's last post? Stored Grain Pests in Canada

It has loads of pictures of bugs that viewers have submitted, but I didn't seem to see any like yours.

It would be a shame to have to move because of these pests. You'll find a solution, I'm sure. Hold on.

Lorace

www.ratzapper.com

I know this was posted last year, but it's better late than never. I used the Rat Zapper Classic (the blue one) and it really worked.

http://www.ratzapper.com/rodents101_classic.cfm

-Jolea

www.ratzapper.com

I know this was posted last year, but it's better late than never. I used the Rat Zapper Classic (the blue one) and it really worked.

http://www.ratzapper.com/rodents101_classic.cfm

-Jolea

Hello, I'm going CRAZY because this spring, we're being invaded by Flies!! Not huge horseflies, but the standard bluebottle type, and another just a bit smaller.

Not Gnats, Not Fruit Flies, Regular, Annoying, Flies.

What Can I do to get rid of them?? I don't want to use chemicals if I can avoid it - and I HATE those pest strips, but I'll have to use some, I know it.

I've heard that others in my area are having similar problems - and none of us knows why...any ideas?

Flies are showing up inside about now because they are hatching from eggs. The easiest way to get rid of them at this stage is with sticky traps:

Woodstream Fly Scoops

Safer Fly Scoops

No toxins, and you can just toss them in the trash.

If you put basil in a terry cloth and hang it from your ceiling, you shouldn't get any kind of flying bugs. Also, if you add catnip in the basil it will work better, but, if you have cats, I would suggest only using the basil.

Any size terry cloth or should it be a certain size..also should I hang separate ones in problem area rooms? Im going insane with my fly problem and want it gone ASAP!

First of all I'd like to say that the idea sounds great.
But I just cant seem to get flies to go in,I live in germany (maybe the flies here are different than american flies)What I would like to know is what type of fruit works best?

Heeellp!!! We left for a weekend trip and forgot to take the trash out, now we are infested with fruit flies and they are driving me slowly insane. I've thrown everything out, trash, fruits everything but they are still around. They lie quietly until I walk by and swarm everything. I tried the whole, bottle with vinegar thing with what I had...I had wine vinegar with garlic flavor, mirin (sweet vinegry thing) and a little of soap. Nothing has happened yet! Is there anything that I can try in the bottle that would work better? :(

Whew! I guess no one has an answer here. We had so many suggestions in the thread and I wish we had heard back on the results people had.

The only thing I can think of is to spray with a bug killing solution that is not harmful to children, pets, or food and,offhand, I can't think of one by name.

I imagine, though, with fruit flies that it wouldn't take too strong a solution or very much of a solution.

Please do let us know if you found an answer!

Thanks,
Lorace

I squished a suspected fruit fly on a paper towel. Its abdomen is very dark, basically black and it seemed to have a smeer of blood come from its head. Its size is about the length of this letter "m".

Hard to tell, really. I didn't know they bleed, never having seen any blood from one -- Usually, if I'm lucky enough to kill one, the remains are so small they're almost invisible.

They are soft, very, very tiny, and they head for your eyes.

My initial reaction to this is not a fruit fly - but even there, I could be wrong. LOL

Hope someone else can help here.

Lorace

Hello, I work in an ice cream shop, and so fruit flies are always a major problem for us. We had someone suggest that bay leaves keeps them away, I thought that would be because of the scent or something..but it didn't really seem to work that well. I'm going to suggest that we do that applecider/vinegar in a jar thing...because they are just getting outta hand. Why did Noah let them on the ark??? ;-) Thanks for all your guys suggestions