Bugs still getting in thru Screen

[maradcliff]

I just replaced the screen on my office window. This time of year I can not be online without the window open (I refuse to pay the electric for an AC). Anyhow, the old screen had a small hole and tiny flying bugs were getting in. I bought that plastic screen which seemed to have the smallest holes. These damn bugs are still getting in. They fly in my face and are totally irritating. I even put duct tape around the edge of the screen frame where it meets the window frame, which seemed to fit tight anyhow, but I am desprate. How in the hell does one keep them out of the house? This is really starting to piss me off. (They are very small flys or gnats, or something).

Mark

[maradcliff]

And the solution is??????????????????????????????/

[Lar]

In article , [e-mail] says... :) I just replaced the screen on my office window. This time of year I :) can not be online without the window open (I refuse to pay the :) electric for an AC). Anyhow, the old screen had a small hole and tiny :) flying bugs were getting in. I bought that plastic screen which :) seemed to have the smallest holes. These damn bugs are still getting :) in. They fly in my face and are totally irritating. I even put duct :) tape around the edge of the screen frame where it meets the window :) frame, which seemed to fit tight anyhow, but I am desprate. How in :) the hell does one keep them out of the house? This is really starting :) to piss me off. (They are very small flys or gnats, or something). :) :) Mark :) Could be fungus gnats coming from a plant you are watering too much or have to keep water heavy...different types of gnats can also take up residence inside the over flow area of sinks...need to figure the source then address them there if these are the cases.

[Matt]

If you have any carrots in the house, get rid of them.

Bugs LOVES carrots.

[G Henslee]

So do rabbits, but c'mon. Okay sure, I'll empty my frig crisper immediately.

[Matt]

I should have been more specific.

You see, Bugs loves carrots - because HE IS a rabbit.

[G Henslee]

Nice one.

[Stephen King]

[e-mail] wrote in news: [e-mail]:

Of course those small bugs can get in. geesh!

[Buck Turgidson]

Turn on the fricking AC or get a small fan to blow on you.

[arizona]

move to Arizona

due to lack of water, almost no bugs exist in Arizona, especially no flying bugs

we do have scorpions, black widows, and rattlesnakes

but no gnats, flys, wasps, moths, or other crap that requires a bug-zapper in other parts of the country

[Matt]

How do you catch a unique rabbit?

[Matt]

Unique up on him.

[G Henslee]

It helps to line the rabbit hole with peas first. That way when you 'nique up on him you just kick him in the pea hole.

[Mortimer Schnerd, RN]

Spray.

[Goedjn]

If there's a water-source, deep plant cover, or a food-supply near the window, get rid of it. If your window is the brightest light in the immediate area, put another light somewhere nearby, to lure the bugs away from that window. If all else fails, try a furnace filter.

[No]

Some said insecticide - I would probably try that if I couldn't find an ultra fine mesh screen.

I would specifically try Permethrin - It should last a long time. You can get a spray at places like Target or at camping supply stores. Its in the camping gear section near the insect repellents. Its made for clothes, tent screens and the like. Sold under lots of brand names. Sometimes used on horses, for flies; on dogs and cats for fleas and ticks; on peoples cloths as added protection against mosquitoes, etc. Its odorless IIRC.

[Duane Bozarth]

U 'nique up on 'im... :)

[dadiOH]

Geckos. Lots of geckos :)

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[Joseph Meehan]

Some bugs are just too small for normal screens. I don't know if they still make them, but I have seen special screens in the past to help solve the problem.

I suggest your best answer may be to spray the screens with a repellent and or an insectaside. Remember to seal around the screen as well.

[dadiOH]

You need to find a finer mesh screen. Not going to be at Home Depot but it's available. Not necessarily meant for windows.

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