need help to get rid of fruit fly, as after I sealed the windows, no difference

[happy hopping]

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We just had an influx of fruit flies in our house on the weekend, the apple vinegar cider is doing a great job although there really aren't many in the traps after 3 days (maybe 15), but we don't see them on the windows or walls anymore so we're pleased with the results.

is there anything at your house that attracts them to come in? If not, what do you think attract them to come in? also, is your windows close? if so, how do you think they got in?

[Swank]

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is there anything at your house that attracts them to come in? If not, what do you think attract them to come in? also, is your windows close? if so, how do you think they got in?

I think it was the change in weather, saw tons of them outside over summer (due to an apparent lady bug shortage) and now it got cold fast so they've snuck in somehow. Probably came in through the patio doors when I was BBQing and opening and closing the screen so much on the weekend. The real kicker was I opened the lid to our compost bin and it released tons in the house. I emptied that right away and will use the garburator for a while until I'm sure they're exterminated.

[BavarianBeast]

Grow some mycelium in sugarwater and straw. The insects will feed off it, and explode with mycelium.

[happy hopping]

https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/aphid-inv...erts-1.4579851

so turns out they are aphid. The photo in that link is the very same at the front windows.

I now know there is no egg nest at my house. Because I vacuum them at 2 pm, then at 4 and 6 pm. There is no insect that can grow that fast. Ea. vacuum about 150 of them. My concern is that they sit at the water bowl of my pet, and I have to clean the water bowl every few hr. and I don't know what happen if they drink the water w/ 1 or 2 aphid in it

I don't understand why I haven't never seen them in the past 20+ yr. Why now

[ExtraSlow]

Yeah. That makes more sense, since fruit flies don't come in from the yard in large numbers. That description fits aphids much better.