The GNATS are OK

I don't remember when it started, but we apparently have adopted a family of gnats, or fruit flys, or something. They are thriving and well.

They seem to come and go. I don't know where they dissapear to, but they do seem to come and go. Yesterday, for example, they had gone somewhere, when we went to WalMart. We got some bananas. Set them on the kitchen counter when we got home, and by golly, they came back from wherever they had been. And, even brought some friends with them.

I initially got a can of " bug spray" to get rid of them. They seemed to like it. They went swimming in a pool of it. Mostly backstroke, but very accomplished. I would do a heavy spray on our trash can. That seemed to attract them. I got mad and sprayed everything, coffee pot, water filter, the sink, everything. Seemed like they went to the living room, got a breath of fresh air, and came back.

They are also very difficult to sneak up on. A towel does not seem to work getting rid of them. I think they like the soft terry cloth. I have gotten a few with a rubber band, but have inadvertently flipped myself more than the gnats.

I got my little portable vaccum out, they moved faster than I could.

I have a spider living in my living room window. I don't like spiders, but I have respect for tnis one. And, I had hoped the spider ate gnats. I put a little bananna by the spider. Will see if that works.

Anyway, as of now, the gnats are thriving, alive and well.



So, I now watch them