Throw away garbage and take out recycling frequently. Clean out the bottom of bins when liquid accumulates, wipe down ...

house flies or fungus gnats (which favor overwatered houseplants). For those bugs, see our guides on how to get rid of gnats and how to make a homemade fly trap. According to the pros at Orkin ...

Fruit flies are tiny quick-reproducing flies that sneak into your house through minuscule window ... them to enter but not to leave. Watch them get in one by one. Take a bottle of apple cider ...