How can I get rid of fruit flies?
Good morning I wanted to know if you have something to get rid of fruit bugs?
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I have flies can't get rid of them.no food left out. No fruit. Really
I have fruit flies and can't get rid of them. I don't even have any food or fruit out.
How to get rid of fruit flies in my drain
Bug spray doesn't work.
I have one of those round fly strips that fasten to the ceiling with a tack in the kitchen,
Here is a fruit fly trap that works! https://www.homeroad.net/2015/10/a-fruit-fly-trap-that-works.html
take a small jar, add about half the jar with apple cider vinegar, add a drop of dish soap, cover with plastic wrap or wax paper and punch some holes in it. put rubber band around to hold the wrap down. they will find it real quick. If only white vinegar, just add a small piece of fruit to draw them in. actually the fruit works better than just apple cider vinegar, I think.
Fill a microwave-safe bowl with apple cider vinegar and a few drops of dish soap. Microwave the bowl so the mixture becomes even more aromatic. Leave the bowl out uncovered as fruit fly bait. The soap will reduce the surface tension, causing any fruit fly that lands on the surface to drown. Now, if what you have might be drain flies...if that is what you have try this: Boil some water on the stove and pour down your drain several times a day for about a week or Mix 1/2 cup salt, 1/2 cup baking soda and 1 cup of vinegar and then pour the mixture down the drain, leaving it overnight. In the morning, pour boiling hot water down the drain.
If a drain fly infestation lasts longer than 20 days despite different approaches to get rid of them, then it’s time to call a professional exterminator.
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I use apple cider vinegar with a squirt of dish detergent. Cut a soda bottle in half. Pour solution in the bottom. Remove cap and invert the top of the bottle into the bottom. You can cover with contact paper to make more attractive. The vinegar attracts them. The detergent makes them stuck. They can’t fly back out the tiny bottle neck.
Buy sticky traps. They are available on Amazon.
Hi Gabby,
You will have to interrupt their life cycle to do this. It is not that hard!
When you bring produce home from the market, the eggs are already on the outside of the produce and are getting ready to hatch when the conditions are right, so, you will need to wash off all produce and put it in the refrigerator. The exception is bananas, just wash and store at room temperature.
Next, you now have fruit fly eggs in the drain, to kill them put 1/2 c baking soda in the drain, if you have a double sink, put it in both sides then add 1 cup white vinegar to each side. When the fizzing stops, rinse well with hot water, you may want to consider keeping your drains covered.
For the airborne ones, place a sticky cardboard face up on an area they seem drawn to (you can get these at Walmart in a multi-pack for a reasonable price). These are the ones intended for catching mice. Place a small piece of sweet decaying fruit in the center of the sticky cardboard. The flies will be drawn to the fruit and land on the pad.
Best to you.
Here's a quick and helpful video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRTu-h_WjH4