There was an article in today's N&O on these flies - fungus or mold flies.
Advice was to let plants dry out completely between watering, and a couple
of other things. They're not harmful to plants or humans, just pesky.

"Arwen Long" wrote in message
...
Now that I know that white fuzzy stuff on new pottings is not unusual
'round here, I have another question. Where do the little plant flies come
from and how can I get rid of them? I know they're not fruit flies because
the eyes aren't right (those old biology classes come in handy
sometimes...), but they seem to have the same attraction to pots as fruit
flies do to fruit. They don't eat the plants as far as I can tell, but
it's sort of annoying to have them floating around the kitchen.

Has anyone else found a way to avoid these creatures?

Thanks

Arwen