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Fruit Flies


Inferna Firesword

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. . . How the heck do those annoying little buggers keep showing up just when I thought I had gotten rid of them?

 

I'm serious. I set up a trap (usually a jar with a funnel in it, with orange juice/tomatos/red wine/brandy/honey in it, sometimes with honey smeared on the edges) and hide the fruit bowl in the oven, the population goes down, I put it back, Mom buys more fruit, and there are 2 dozen new fruit flies the next day.

 

<_< Anyone got any ideas to get rid of them? I've suggested we toss the fruit, but Mom won't allow it. -_-

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Dunno about fruit flies, but with ants you're supposed to leave it out even after they're all gone. I suggest you leave a trap out more or less continuously for a month or so, and you should see a downturn in the flies.

 

Plus, then it will be colder anyway.

 

But regardless, just leave out your trap 24/7 and that should be significantly better.

 

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Eat all the fruit when she gets it.

 

Or buy a frog?

 

How else do you get rid of em?

We tried a Venus Flytrap once. Didn't work very well. :annoyed2:

 

Dunno about fruit flies, but with ants you're supposed to leave it out even after they're all gone. I suggest you leave a trap out more or less continuously for a month or so, and you should see a downturn in the flies.

 

Plus, then it will be colder anyway.

 

But regardless, just leave out your trap 24/7 and that should be significantly better.

 

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That's what we've been doing. <.<

 

I hate fruit flies. ughhh. I haven't discovered a way to get rid of them, they must breed fast or something. :P

Tell me about it.

 

Mrs.Dokuma speaks the truth. Thankfully, we just have normal flies :P

Lucky you. Sadly, we have fruit flies, house flies, and spiders of various sizes lurking around the house. :P

 

Try the shotgun! :ohmy:

I rarely find fruit flies at home, but they use to live in pot plants.

That's also where they lay their eggs, so look there.

Mom doesn't like the shotgun idea, but I'll keep the potted plant thing in mind. :P

 

I fail to realize this fruit fly problem. Although with ants....I just use the trick of-

Wet Napkin=genocide.

*doesn't see how that works*

 

Might be useful, here's a little tip. You can catch more fruit flies with Vinegar than Honey. Serious.

*goes to get a jar and fill it with apple vinegar*

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Aw, don't you see? Ants get stuck to wet napkin. And then we swipe the napkin across the line of ants. :)

And then flush all of them away. DROWNING THEM INTO THE BURNING FIRES OF CRUSHNESS.

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