What Bugs Are Coming from My Drains

Bugs live and breed in your drains? They absolutely do! What’s even more unsettling is these drain bugs, which are “insects” and also breed inside your pipes, feeding on any available organic matter like grease, hair, food waste and even toothpaste using that gunk for food and to lay their eggs.
Getting rid of these insects is relatively easy. The process begins with identifying the kind of insect that's taken up residence in your sink drain or shower drain.
Cockroaches
The most common type of drain insects are cockroaches. They often thrive in bathroom and kitchen drains, which can give them with a reliable source of both food and water. Drains also often serve as entry points for these cockroaches looking for a place to live. Cockroaches like the food we eat, they also like dark places , they like secluded places and humid environments.
Drain Flies
Drain flies are also called "moth flies. They are dark in color (brown or black) and quite small. Drain flies breed in drains, sewers, septic tanks or soil that has any decaying organic matter.
Fruit Flies
Fruit flies are year-round nuisances that are constantly looking for overripe fruits and vegetables. They look like nits but some species can be distinguished from other small flying insects by their red eyes. Fruit flies lay their eggs in fermenting material to assure their young have a consistent food source. Fruit flies are often also like garbage receptacles and kitchen drains, or anywhere they might find damp organic matter.
Phorid Flies
Phorid Flies are unique with a hump-back appearance. Another characteristic is that they tend to run before they fly. They’re also live in moist soil. In fact they can burrow and can dig up to six feet underground in look for their preferred environment. They live and thrive in any decaying organic material that accumulates in your drains or outdoor bedding material that is old and constantly damp. This bedding is a prim area for phorid fly breeding.
Controlling bugs in your drain
Unclogging and cleaning a drain, can help rid your home of many of these insects.
Determine which drain or drains are harboring these insects. Look for drains with slow-moving or clogged drains as they provide plenty of decomposing material in which to lay their eggs. If any of your drains are noticeably backed up, chances are those are the source of your problem.
If your initial inspection isn't enough to find the affected drains, make an “X” over each drain opening in your home using a strip of average tape. Be careful not to completely cover the drain. Most insects found in drains are nocturnal, so leave your tape traps in place overnight. Check the tape the next morning for any insects that have become stuck in attempting to exit your drains.
Next, clean out your problem drains once a month with boiling hot water with cup of vinegar add to it..
To help prevent insects from making their way back into your drains, clean them once a month and consider covering them with drain stoppers, drain covers or metal drain screens.
However, if you're seeing these insects in your home, you may have a bigger problem on your hands than just dirty drains. That's where Calling Wheeler’s Pest Control to inspect your home for these pests and other pests may be best.
Call Wheeler’s Pest Control at 877-595-2847