gnat flys going away after Spotted salamander is introduced

I realized I had a huge problem of gnat fly's. they hatched in my sprouting box(miracle grow indoor soil from wal-Mart!) I was cleaning out the window wells the other day and found spotted Yellow Salamanders! I took one out using rubber gloves. I introduced the lil guy to the grow box I put small holes in for air(small enough gnat flys can't get out) this was Friday its sunday now and there is A huge dent in the gnat flys. I read up this Lizard eats Larva, insects, worms, stuff like that. for a half baked idea its working great. I have yellow strips around my hydro system picking up whatever flys on them as well.



I don't suggest licking these Lizards they have Poison glans nect,back,tail. use gloves, don't lick your fingers..its like licking a 9Volt battery.


this is more about the Lizard
http://www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca/amphibians/amphib/accounts/ambystomidae/yellow/account.htm

I never thought of using salamanders for Fungus Gnats. Funny but awesome. Keep in mind Fungus Gnats lay eggs in your medium so even if the Salamander has serious munchies the problem can come back. The best way to get rid of Fungus Gnats for ever is Gnatrol aka spinosaD.

Now that is some great info for an organic grower. I will +rep ya for that 1.

yeah thank you I'm going to take a few snap shots here after lunch

Hey all I took the lil guy outside for a few..got some snapshots while i was out there..this lizard just keeps amazing me it took a few minutes to find him cause he was under the soil