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Post by karinms on Jul 22, 2014 21:36:10 GMT
...your best way to get rid of them....... GO!
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Post by anniebeth24 on Jul 22, 2014 21:38:23 GMT
Shallow dish with apple cider vinegar and a drop of dish liquid. You'll find them at the bottom!
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Post by Tamhugh on Jul 22, 2014 21:39:27 GMT
Right now I have a mason jar with a little wine in the bottom and saran wrap over top. I poked holes in the saran wrap and it is working in the sense that they are flying in and getting trapped. However, the ones who haven't been dumb enough to get trapped seem to be multiplying.
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Post by mama2three on Jul 22, 2014 22:05:31 GMT
Right now I have a mason jar with a little wine in the bottom and saran wrap over top. I poked holes in the saran wrap and it is working in the sense that they are flying in and getting trapped. However, the ones who haven't been dumb enough to get trapped seem to be multiplying. This is what we're doing. I'm not sure it is working. They are swarming around the glass, but only a few have gotten trapped inside. I don't have any fruit out and have scrubbed the kitchen. I don't know where they're coming from! I'll try the bowl with dish liquid. It's worth a shot
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Post by Scrapbrat on Jul 22, 2014 22:14:35 GMT
Shallow dish with apple cider vinegar and a drop of dish liquid. You'll find them at the bottom! This. It works. I cover the dish with plastic wrap and poke holes in it do they get trapped.
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Post by rodeomom on Jul 22, 2014 22:32:25 GMT
Shallow dish with apple cider vinegar and a drop of dish liquid. You'll find them at the bottom! This. It works. I cover the dish with plastic wrap and poke holes in it do they get trapped. This really works! I use pickle juice in a shallow dish with dawn dish soap. I don't use plastic wrap. May take a day or two.
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Post by Sue on Jul 22, 2014 22:35:39 GMT
I do the shallow dish of apple cider vinegar with the drop or two of dish soap too. I don't cover the dish at all. I also use bleach and hot water in my kitchen drains to kill any eggs they may have laid in there. And put away all fresh fruit.
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Post by monicad on Jul 22, 2014 22:36:22 GMT
I'll third or fourth the apple cider trick. I was amazed at how many we caught...gross!
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Post by Sarah*H on Jul 22, 2014 22:41:23 GMT
I pour bleach down the sink drains.
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Post by gloryjoy on Jul 22, 2014 22:47:34 GMT
I do pretty much the same thing; shallow dish and saran wrap with holes poked in but I put Bailey's in my dish.
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Post by roundtwo on Jul 22, 2014 22:54:25 GMT
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Post by anxiousmom on Jul 22, 2014 22:54:53 GMT
Where do they keep coming from? I am battling both them and ants. I swear I am a clean person, but I certainly don't feel like it when I am surrounded by sugar ants and flying things. I went on a mini vacation about a month ago and left a bag of potatoes on the counter. I had *just* bought them, so I figured they would be okay for the four days I would be gone. But I guess somehow there was condensation in the bag and they got moldery and stinky. I took the bag directly out to the outside trash and bleached the hell out of the kitchen, but since then? They won't go away. Where do they live when they aren't annoying the shit out of me???
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Post by styxgirl on Jul 22, 2014 23:11:13 GMT
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Post by Suziee2 on Jul 22, 2014 23:14:13 GMT
I used to use cider vinegar and a drop of dawn. Worked GREAT. However, DH has decided he likes to use red wine in a mason jar with a paper cone that he seals to the jar with packing tape. Works okay most of the time. I think DH just had to show me he knows how to use Pinterest too! ETA: woohoo! Those freaking fruit flies helped me become a Junion Member.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2014 23:15:37 GMT
they can live in the drain trap of your sink. Run boiling water and bleach down it regularly to kill the eggs/larva. They can also live in potted plants and a recycleing bin with soda or juice containers. If you have a potted herb "garden" on your window sill move it outside.
All fresh fruit and vegs can have them. Leave nothing fresh out.
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Post by RosieKat on Jul 23, 2014 0:31:32 GMT
Right now I have a mason jar with a little wine in the bottom and saran wrap over top. I poked holes in the saran wrap and it is working in the sense that they are flying in and getting trapped. However, the ones who haven't been dumb enough to get trapped seem to be multiplying. Um. Yeah. That would just trap me, Tamhugh!
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Post by Scrapbrat on Jul 23, 2014 1:09:19 GMT
I'll third or fourth the apple cider trick. I was amazed at how many we caught...gross! Last time we had a bad infestation, we caught a couple hundred over a period of two weeks or so. It was disgusting. I would put out a fresh dish of vinegar in the morning and by night there would be 25 fruit flies in it. I did hot water in the drains, too.
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Jul 23, 2014 1:12:59 GMT
Where do they keep coming from? I am battling both them and ants. I swear I am a clean person, but I certainly don't feel like it when I am surrounded by sugar ants and flying things. I went on a mini vacation about a month ago and left a bag of potatoes on the counter. I had *just* bought them, so I figured they would be okay for the four days I would be gone. But I guess somehow there was condensation in the bag and they got moldery and stinky. I took the bag directly out to the outside trash and bleached the hell out of the kitchen, but since then? They won't go away. Where do they live when they aren't annoying the shit out of me??? In my experience, they come in on the onions. I have to remember to keep the bag with them tied shut. And then they go live in my bathroom, because I ALWAYS find them on the mirror when I get them!
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Post by Aheartfeltcard on Jul 23, 2014 1:24:25 GMT
I had them bad a few years ago. I tried EVERYTHING ! I went to go shut a window in my bedroom and there were thousands of them. They were coming through the Screen. I sprayed the window sill, screen and ledge with a natural spray and I never saw them again. I have a veggie garden about 20 ft from that window in my backyard. I was letting whatever was in the garden compost at the end of the season without cleaning it out. Never again!! And that window stays closed too!
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Post by Minnesota*Mom on Jul 23, 2014 1:28:23 GMT
I might have to try that fruit fly trap. The cider vinegar + dish soap doesn't seem to be very effective at my house, unfortunately.
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Post by ajsweetpea on Jul 23, 2014 1:31:50 GMT
They can come from any fruit you bring home from the grocery store. I have heard they like to live on banana peels. Whenever I buy bananas, I start seeing a few. It is enough to discourage me from buying bananas.
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Post by Tamhugh on Jul 23, 2014 1:32:44 GMT
Right now I have a mason jar with a little wine in the bottom and saran wrap over top. I poked holes in the saran wrap and it is working in the sense that they are flying in and getting trapped. However, the ones who haven't been dumb enough to get trapped seem to be multiplying. Um. Yeah. That would just trap me, Tamhugh! It killed me to waste good wine! But my DS was home over the weekend and left behind about half a glass in the bottle. It was too sweet for me, so I figured it would be a perfect sacrifice!
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Post by uksue on Jul 23, 2014 1:35:10 GMT
I had this problem annualy for several years until 3 years ago. How I got rid of them- sounds ridiculous, but I had my vacuum plugged in in my kitchen constantly and would Hoover the little blighters up every time I saw them. It took about 8 days before I stopped seeing them but it worked- my kids got involved as well and loved to see how many they could 'catch'.
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Post by Ellie on Jul 23, 2014 1:47:55 GMT
I had this problem annualy for several years until 3 years ago. How I got rid of them- sounds ridiculous, but I had my vacuum plugged in in my kitchen constantly and would Hoover the little blighters up every time I saw them. It took about 8 days before I stopped seeing them but it worked- my kids got involved as well and loved to see how many they could 'catch'. Ha--this is my DH! He's completely obsessed with vacuuming up the damn fruit flies! I swear he stalks them. I think they've caused him to devolve somehow. Become unhinged, even. He only speaks in monosyllabic grunts which, luckily, I can't really hear over the frickin' vacuum cleaner. I am only mildly exaggerating.
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Post by Theresa/TSC on Jul 23, 2014 1:59:39 GMT
I have them too and seem to kill them easily EVERY time I get a fresh cup of coffee!!!!!!
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Post by RosieKat on Jul 23, 2014 2:33:37 GMT
I had this problem annualy for several years until 3 years ago. How I got rid of them- sounds ridiculous, but I had my vacuum plugged in in my kitchen constantly and would Hoover the little blighters up every time I saw them. It took about 8 days before I stopped seeing them but it worked- my kids got involved as well and loved to see how many they could 'catch'. Ha--this is my DH! He's completely obsessed with vacuuming up the damn fruit flies! I swear he stalks them. I think they've caused him to devolve somehow. Become unhinged, even. He only speaks in monosyllabic grunts which, luckily, I can't really hear over the frickin' vacuum cleaner. I am only mildly exaggerating. This is my husband with a fly in the house. OMG!
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Post by mama2three on Jul 23, 2014 2:34:56 GMT
OK. We added a drop of dish soap to the wine vinegar we had on the counter and took off the plastic cover and have caught 5 in the past 10 minutes. That's better than earlier today before we added the soap. Thanks everyone! I am so sick of fruit flies!
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Post by threecs on Jul 23, 2014 2:54:15 GMT
If you find they have got in your garbage disposal, get some ammonia, pour it in the drain, and seal it overnight. Flush out with hot water in the am. That happened to me once...I put out traps, got rid of fruit, until I finally figured out that is where they were hiding.
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Post by darkchami on Jul 23, 2014 2:57:03 GMT
Shallow dish with apple cider vinegar and a drop of dish liquid. You'll find them at the bottom! This. It works. I cover the dish with plastic wrap and poke holes in it do they get trapped. I agree. This seems to work like a charm. Every year the suckers suddenly appear. After 3 days of this trap, I am fruit fly free for the rest of the summer.
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Post by originalvanillabean on Jul 23, 2014 3:25:03 GMT
Shallow dish with apple cider vinegar and a drop of dish liquid. You'll find them at the bottom! I've done this a couple of times this summer. It works!
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