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Drain files are also called moth flies or sewer gnats. They look quite a bit like moths. They are dusty and they have trouble flying just like moths, but they are actually flies. Once you've observed one of these flies, it is highly likely that there are hundreds more in the near vicinity. They are often misidentified for fruit flies. This is understandable considering that both are tiny, pester people and spend time in large groups.

Drain flies lay their eggs in your pipes. As their name suggests, drain flies put down their eggs in the things that lay in your pipes such as skin, hair and things of that nature. During the time the eggs emerge, anywhere between ten and two hundred larvae appear in less than forty-eight hours. The larvae eat the material that they were laid in and, in nine to fifteen days, they become fully grown drain flies. In the daytime, they while away time mostly by sitting on walls or other such surfaces and that makes them an easy target. Once killed, a powdery residue is left behind that must be cleaned up. Their life span is about two weeks long. Don't assume that your problem is over until you've killed all of the eggs that are in the drains. If you don't kill them, you'll never do away with them.

If measures are not taken to get rid of drain fly larvae and drain fly breeding grounds, you will never be rid of them.

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