Fruit Flies!!!!

[Triggerfish]

How do you get rid of fruit flies in the home? We left some table scraps in the kitchen for the compost pile and it attracted fruit flies. Now we can't seem to get rid of them. I know one option is buying a trap but who sells them in the Lexington park area? Lowes?

 

[mAlice]

The best way I've found to get rid of them is to put a little wine in a wine glass and let it set over nite, maybe more, depending on how many fruit flies you have. They dive right in!

 

[jazz lady]

The best way I've found to get rid of them is to put a little wine in a wine glass and let it set over nite, maybe more, depending on how many fruit flies you have. They dive right in!

I've found they're also attracted to soapy water. I use lemon Joy, but I'm sure other fruity brands would work.

 

[mAlice]

I've found they're also attracted to soapy water. I use lemon Joy, but I'm sure other fruity brands would work.

Ooh! That reminds me. I wanna' pick up a bottle of the Grapefruit scented Joy dish soap.

 

[pvineswinger]

The best way I've found to get rid of them is to put a little wine in a wine glass and let it set over nite, maybe more, depending on how many fruit flies you have. They dive right in!

Trus tme this works- those little $hits are floating in my darn glass EVERY NIGHT!!!
(Not that I drink wine every night... )

 

[BuddyLee]

The best way I've found to get rid of them is to put a little wine in a wine glass and let it set over nite, maybe more, depending on how many fruit flies you have. They dive right in!

or straight vinegar.

 

[Triggerfish]

I put out some wine and some vinegar in another part of the kitchen. Thanks for the input.

 

[Pete]

You could invite dems over to do a propane torch. It doesn't kill them it just burns off their wings. That really pisses them off because now they have to walk everywhere they want to go.

 

[Bogart]

Cleanliness is next to fruit flylessness.

 

[Kizzy]

I never saw fruitflies until I was sitting in somebody elses office at work. I asked somebody, what in the world are these little nats flying around, then I was informed that they were fruitflies.

 

[Triggerfish]

They seem to enjoy the bananas that we used to leave out.

 

[mAlice]

They seem to enjoy the bananas that we used to leave out.

How do you think they get in your house? They hitch hike in on produce.

 

[SamSpade]

Fruit flies can be persistent pests, as they can 'hibernate' over long periods when food is scarce. Many times, you will think you have eliminated the infestation by keeping the house clean, but they're merely holed up somewhere biding their time.

The wine/vinegar thing sounds like a good idea. I never tried it.

 

[girliegirl]

How do you get rid of fruit flies in the home? We left some table scraps in the kitchen for the compost pile and it attracted fruit flies. Now we can't seem to get rid of them. I know one option is buying a trap but who sells them in the Lexington park area? Lowes?

I have always used a glass bowl filled half way with apple cider vinegar, cover the bowl with plastic wrap, secure with a rubber band around the rim, and then cut a slit with a sharp knife in the middle of the plastic wrap. They go in through the slit, never to return to the outside world...has worked wonders for me.

 

[Triggerfish]

I have always used a glass bowl filled half way with apple cider vinegar, cover the bowl with plastic wrap, secure with a rubber band around the rim, and then cut a slit with a sharp knife in the middle of the plastic wrap. They go in through the slit, never to return to the outside world...has worked wonders for me.

That one sounds like it may work best.

 

[Triggerfish]

So far looks like the wine works the best.

 

[Triggerfish]

Cleanliness is next to fruit flylessness.

Nope....I found them on the produce from Food Lion. Then they had a feast on the fruits left out to rippen.

 

[BuddyLee]

Nope....I found them on the produce from Food Lion. Then they had a feast on the fruits left out to rippen.

That's Food Lion for ya.

 

[kwillia]