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Patrick msg: 1	Mon, May 16, 2005, 5:20pm
Hi. We finally moved into our new home in Chandler and are almost done putting a pool in the backyard and finishing up with the landscaping. We are having an outbreak of what I believe to be fungus gnats in the backyard. They are everywhere. The exterminator came but it dosen't seem to help with them. Please help!!!
NickCoons msg: 2	Tue, May 17, 2005, 4:14pm
What have you tried so far (just so we're not being repetative by recommending things that have already been done)? Also.. what has your exterminator tried? I'm not a bug expert, but it sounds like you might have a nest of them somewhere. If that's the case, this is where you'd probably want to target your efforts.
Patrick msg: 3	Wed, May 18, 2005, 8:23am
The exterminator doesn't guarrantee against gnats so they thought the regular stuff they use around the house may hopefully just work. I tried this stuff that you plug into the hose that you can use for grass and plants. It didn't specify gnats but it did whitefly's. That worked for a day but then they came back so I sprayed again. The next day they where almost all gone. I will try more applications of this stuff and see if that works. I will also look for the nest since I didn't think of that! I am hoping that after we get the rocks on the landscaping and the pool done this will die down but I don't know if it helps that both neighbors don't have their landscaping yet.
Patrick msg: 4	Wed, May 18, 2005, 5:42pm
Thank you for that link. Yes I have been using Spectricide and it works but just for a day or two. They keep comming back. They also ate up my poor little lantana plants I was trying to plant in my new landscaping. I guess I have to find something that kills more of the larvae instead.