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tiny red flies. how to get rid?

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i have no idea how on earth these got on or where they came from. probably fruit flies? they are small little annoying flies. I have been away from home for a few weeks and only for the first time, im home!

I switched on the kitchen tap and there were flies everywhere running away.

how on earth do I get rid of them? I dont have any fruit laying around or food really. I know I need to clean the kitchen and other areas of my place but how do I get rid of these pests?

there are like 20 of them, they fly around then land on either the window or on cupboard doors.

I googled and some say use vinegar and put that into a 1 litre bottle and add some soap liquid to "easy" the tension but that doesnt seem to be working!

I have 4 bottles of these in the kitchen but none of them are going in. they are just on the cupboard doors.

I tried vaccuming them up whilst they are "resting" but not sure if they are being sucked up or they fly away right at the last second

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They sound like drain flies! We've been struggling with them for awhile here. And we keep a very clean home! I haven't found a cure all solution unfortunately.
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ah. thank-you kindly for the response!

ive caught a few in some bizarre ways since I posted.

I saw that some of the flies got trapped in the vingar bottle approach
some others were on my bathroom window and as soon as I sprayed cif lemon multi purpose actifizz they were still there and i just wiped them off and put them down the sink washing the cloth/sponge.

still trying to find the rest, I know there are at least 3 flying around somewhere but not sure how to completely get rid of them and make sure they havent left anything behind....
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