This summer I began to have a fruit fly problem! Help

Bet29968443
by Bet29968443
First time in my 55 yr life. Got some advice from the internet. Told family no food in kitchen can. Garbage disposal if possible. Never a big problem but always seem to have one flying around. Thoughts?

  10 answers
  • Janet Pizaro Janet Pizaro on Sep 28, 2017

    They may be fungus gnats and not fruit flies if you have plants inside. If that is the case you must re-pot them in fresh sailor the gnats will keep coming back

  • ChrisDee Lerch ChrisDee Lerch on Sep 28, 2017

    Those little buggers are driving us crazy! We finally got us a fly strip to put by the kitchen sink. It has really helped. Good luck!!

  • Nan21990168 Nan21990168 on Sep 28, 2017

    Take a small cup and fill it 3/4 with apple cider vinegar and cover the top of cup with plastic wrap. Poke a few pin size holes in the plastic and leave on the counter. Flies will enter but can't get out.

  • Norm Duffy Norm Duffy on Sep 28, 2017

    I use a small bottle(spice jar piece of fruit in bottom Saran wrap on top with rubber band to hold snug poke 4-5 holes in top.Put near fruit or back of sink,when bottle has a few flies pop in Microwave for about 12 seconds!reuse 'til problem solved,usually when Winter sets in,we live in Northern Ontario!

  • Norm Duffy Norm Duffy on Sep 28, 2017

    use a toothpick

  • Ann Cherkas Halstead Ann Cherkas Halstead on Sep 28, 2017

    Leave a little red wine in the bottom of the bottle and the fruit flys will go in, get drunk and drown.

  • Suellen Hintz Suellen Hintz on Sep 28, 2017

    if the garbage disposal and pipe down to it stay dirty they can be hatching there. You'd be amazed at the gunk under the rubber gasket of the garbage disposal.

  • Karen Krysowaty Karen Krysowaty on Sep 28, 2017

    Put a little bit of apple cider vinegar in a mason jar and cover with a baggie with a small hole and then push it down into the jar and it will attract the fruit flies they enter th e hole and can't get back out

  • Todaysgirlfriday Todaysgirlfriday on Sep 28, 2017

    use a jar(s) containing some syrup to catch them. They get feet stuck in it and die. You can put it on inside window ledge and outside too

  • Michelle Leslie Michelle Leslie on Apr 13, 2022

    Hi there, you can make a fruit fly trap by cutting a plastic bottle about 2/3 of the way up. Remove the screw top lid. Squirt a little dish soap in the bottom, add 2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar, 1 Tbsp sugar, and 1/2 cup warm water (dissolve the sugar). Place the top inverted into the bottom. They will fly into the neck to get at the solution but won't be able to escape.