Pests We Treat - Shower Drain Bring in Flies

Drain flies, also known as moth flies, sewer flies, or filter flies, are small flies, about 1/8 of an inch. They have short fuzzy bodies and oversized wings with noticeable veins that gives them a "furry" moth-like appearance. These flies breed and feed off accumulated organic matter (what most of us call "muck" or "gunk") inside moist drains, sewers, septic tanks, and even soil that has been contaminated with sewage. When the eggs hatch, drain flies will shoot out of the drain or their chosen breeding spot like a fountain. Drain flies are often reported by homeowners in the kitchen (and are often confused with fruit flies) because .kitchen drains are rarely cleaned and become filled with plenty of "gunk" for lies to breed. However, a drain fly problem is not limited to kitchen drains. With this home, there were drain flies in a shower drain as well as in the basement sump pump.