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Private_Part t1_ixmkmmw wrote

Probaby fungus gnats in the soil. Really hard to control.

You can try watering less, adding about 3/4 of an inch of sand on top of soil and putting up some yellow sticky traps.

All of the soil from the big box stores comes with this little treat these days.

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invenio78 t1_ixmmjt0 wrote

My wife loves gardening and brings in a lot of plants for the winter. We always have some (nothing like OP, just see one flying in front of the computer screen here and then).

Those yellow sticky pads work really well and I put one in every pot. I also will spray down the plants with insecticide before bringing them into the house. I've also used those small bug zappers and fan operated glue traps and those work as well. I don't think there is universal fix but if you stay on top of it, it's just one or two here and there.

Links to products I've used:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01IMTVAI6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08CDB8PDG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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