How do i get rid of these gnats or fruit flies?

Nancy gmitter
by Nancy gmitter

Can someone tell me how to get rid of fruit flies or gnats?


  12 answers
  • Denise Peabody Denise Peabody on Jul 21, 2017

    place a bowl with apple cider vinegar and dish soap on your counter. The fruit flies are attracted to the smell and will get stuck because of the soap. I have used this method and it rids the house of them. No specific measurements required for the vinegar/soap

  • Tmd26269417 Tmd26269417 on Jul 21, 2017

    The apple cider vinegar and dish detergent mix is right -- I can attest. The detergent lowers the surface tension so that instead of being able to walk on the surface, they sink. You can add a little water, if you want. If you find that it drowns a bunch and then others don't enter, you probably need to replace it -- I think the smell must change and become less attractive to them.

  • DesertRose DesertRose on Jul 21, 2017

    in a small dish or cup put vinegar/dash sugar, or pickle juice, cover the top with clear wrap and pike tiny holes with end of a paper clip or something similar in the plastic, leave setting out, the fruit flies will check in but cannot get out

  • Linda Adela De Hoyos Linda Adela De Hoyos on Jul 22, 2017

    I tried the apple cider vinegar and dish soap but it did not work for me.

    But then I tried Citronella candles and within a few days they were all gone.

  • Mogie Mogie on Apr 03, 2023

    Mix a half cup of salt, half cup of baking soda, and one cup of vinegar, and pour the mixture down the drain. You can follow that with boiling water a few hours later.

  • Deb K Deb K on Oct 07, 2023

    Hi Nancy, hope this helps.

    In a small bowl, mix a half cup of warm water plus two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar, a tablespoon of sugar, and about six drops of liquid dish soap. Gnats will be lured in by the sugary mixture, but once they dip in for a drink, the sticky dish soap will trap them.

  • Deb K Deb K on Oct 07, 2023

    Hi Nancy, hope this helps.

    In a small bowl, mix a half cup of warm water plus two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar, a tablespoon of sugar, and about six drops of liquid dish soap. Gnats will be lured in by the sugary mixture, but once they dip in for a drink, the sticky dish soap will trap them.

  • Redcatcec Redcatcec on Nov 12, 2023

    This is what I do, wash all fruit and vegies when you bring them home and store all in the refrig except bananas. If there were any eggs on the produce they are now in the drain, to address this problem put 1/2 cup of baking soda in each kitchen drain and follow with 1 cup vinegar. When the fizzing stops rinse well with hot water for a min or so, cover the drains with a stopper. For the airborne ones, take a mice sticky cardboard trap and cut 1 in half with the plastic cover on it, peel off the plastic cover off 1 of these halves and place a piece of decaying fruit in the center of it, that will draw them. They will land and that ends the cycle.

  • Try sticky traps - available on Amazon.