# How Can I Get Rid of the Gnats in My Shower?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 11, 2003, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-rid-of-the-gnats-in-my-shower/154332 "2003-02-11T12:43:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![lucwarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@lucwarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucwarm)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-rid-of-the-gnats-in-my-shower/154332/1 "2003-02-11T12:43:15Z")

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They’re really annoying . . . and I have no idea where they are coming from.

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-rid-of-the-gnats-in-my-shower/154332/2 "2003-02-11T12:56:03Z")

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Are they [moth flies?](http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7448.html)

I have th’ same problem, different insect, though. Acording to the linked site, the larvae feed off the muck in your shower’s drains. It has some control options there, if those are th’ little beggers.

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**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-rid-of-the-gnats-in-my-shower/154332/3 "2003-02-11T12:59:25Z")

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Pour bleach down the drain.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-rid-of-the-gnats-in-my-shower/154332/4 "2003-02-11T13:08:17Z")

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**Beware!** These tiny insects are members of an ultra-right-wing subversive political group!

They are…

**Gnatzis!**

Pause for big laffs.

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**Author:** ![lucwarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@lucwarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucwarm)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-rid-of-the-gnats-in-my-shower/154332/5 "2003-03-23T13:39:50Z")

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An update:

So I purchased some Draino and poured it down the shower drain. It’s been about 1 week since I’ve seen any gnats.

Thanks for the tips, all.