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You mean fruit flies? I have this problem every summer.

Yeah, every summer. But it was somehow worse, those bastards made a nest under the roof of our house. One day I got pissed off, emptied a full bottle of anti-fly spray on the second floor and waited.

No more flies for me.

No, they're not fruit flies. We think they're a combination of drain flies and gnats. We pour boiling water down all the drains a few times a day now, and it seems to be making them plenty mad and more numerous. (boiling water destroys the nests and eggs.) Now they're outright landing on our skin and attacking us. It's war, I tell you!

Well, this summer has certainly been the worst yet, @Regal_Russian_Tsar I'm typing and four just whizzed past my face one after another.

If it is not fruit flies, the answer is no. I don't have a problem with tiny flies this summer. I hope you will be able to deal with this problem.

Use my experience to exterminate the pests. Just make sure that no pets or humans are in the apartment/house when you do that.

I am NOT bug-bombing the house, @Regal_Russian_Tsar - if anything, the boiling water must be working since they're in a frenzy. Now, I did order something from Amazon called the Gnat-Zapper. it arrives tomorrow. We'll see how that goes. Zaps them on contact - I just have to be careful not to zap the cats.

Get some kitchen foodsafe bug killer and spray it in your house before you leave for 30 minutes or so.

It is non toxic so it should be fine for you and most animals above 50 lbs.

I just buy some mint.

Well, there are non-toxic approaches we've tried with some success, @Representing_Tromba Take an empty spray bottle, fill two thirds with straight vinegar (or apple cider vinegar), and one third Dawn or Palmolive dish soap. The vinegar attracts them, but the dish soap has an effect on their bodies, suffocating them. Spray along the outside of windows too.

Peppermint oil, I didn't think of that, @Azeban

mint, sage, citronella, and marygolds can also keep them away.

I think I have some cit. candles still. I'm going to try sucking them up into the vacuum also. I remember that helped last year. Just suck them up out of the air with the nozzle. Thhhwoop!

Just make sure to gas the vacuum after.

What kind of vacuum do you think I have...? *^^*

What about clove? I heard clove is a bug repellent.

I don't need a repellent though.
I need a cold-blooded, calculating, merciless, emotionless killer.

That's it. I need John Wick in my house. ?

Is there something rotting somewhere that they could be using as a food source? My family had this issue last year but it was because we had a whole bag of potatoes going bad and acting as the source of the gnats. Removed it and it ended the issue.