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title: "My Zz plant has these little black flying insects not sure what they…"
description: "My Zz plant has these little black flying insects not sure what they are and how to get right of it and now they are getting to my fiddle leaf plant as well. I…"
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author: "Plantmum23"
published: "2025-10-19T17:03:30.450655Z"
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# My Zz plant has these little black flying insects not sure what they…

_Posted by Plantmum23 on 2025-10-19_

My Zz plant has these little black flying insects not sure what they are and how to get right of it and now they are getting to my fiddle leaf plant as well. I moved her outside so my others indoor plants don’t get them too….HELP 😩!!

## 5 comments

### Plantmum23 commented on 2025-10-19

They’re on the soil

### Mia commented on 2025-10-19

Sounds like fungus gnats. Mosquito bits/dunks are the only thing that worked for me.

#### Tom replied on 2025-10-19

I second that, also use stickey yellow or blue traps in your pots, soil may have been damp which they like, the lay there eggs in the soil but using a fungus gnat topper stops them fairly fast

### Plantmum23 commented on 2025-10-19

Thank you

### 9s commented on 2025-10-20

Hi,

Fungus gnats need to be treated at the source. If it’s a Home Depot plant or a Lowe’s plant, sometimes they’re sold in cache planters with a plastic planter inside. The plastic planter sometimes isn’t big enough and water sits at the bottom and this happens.

I would also just cut back on water. Zz only need water once every 2 weeks. Gnats are a huge sign of too much water.

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