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OT Fruit Flies!!!

EGGjlmh
EGGjlmh Posts: 823
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We have been overrun by them the last few days.  Have had no fruits or veggies left out on the counter.  Finally hung some Fly Tape in the house today they are so bad.  Anyone else have this problem and ANY REMEDIES?

1MBGE 2006, 1LBGE 2010, 1 Mini Max, Fathers Day 2015

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  • Wolfpack
    Wolfpack Posts: 3,552
    Put out a couple small bowls of apple cider vinegar. Problem solved
    Greensboro, NC
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    Wolfpack said:
    Put out a couple small bowls of apple cider vinegar. Problem solved
    Yep, that works - what we do.  You can buy little traps that you can hang - like hummingbird feeders but they're made for killing fruit flies.
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  • EGGjlmh
    EGGjlmh Posts: 823
    Wolfpack said:
    Put out a couple small bowls of apple cider vinegar. Problem solved

    Will try this, thanks.

    1MBGE 2006, 1LBGE 2010, 1 Mini Max, Fathers Day 2015

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  • Dredger
    Dredger Posts: 1,468
    We had never had a problem before this year and were overrun with them. Maybe because we had so much rain and a relatively mild winter. We got this bug zapper and it took care of them. http://amazon.com/gp/product/B00I0G0JXE/ It makes a loud pop when it gets an insect, but it's music to our ears.

    Large BGE
    Greenville, SC
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  • tjv
    tjv Posts: 3,846
    put saran wrap over the apple cider bowls.  punch many holes with a tootpick.   flies get in can't get out.  add a couple drops of dish soap in the vinegar to kill.  rubber bands can hold the sran wrap tightly on the bowl.  change about every couple days.  needs to be apple cider vinegar.

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  • EGGjlmh
    EGGjlmh Posts: 823
    tjv said:
    put saran wrap over the apple cider bowls.  punch many holes with a tootpick.   flies get in can't get out.  add a couple drops of dish soap in the vinegar to kill.  rubber bands can hold the sran wrap tightly on the bowl.  change about every couple days.  needs to be apple cider vinegar.

    t 

    I put a cup with ACV out a few mins ago, will try this too, thanks.

    1MBGE 2006, 1LBGE 2010, 1 Mini Max, Fathers Day 2015

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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,455
    Up here in wet Illinois we are battling mosquitoes this year! Best we can do is make sure there is no standing water outside. They literally attack you like dive bombers!
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    If you add 1 drop of dish soap to a several ounce ramekin of almost any vinegar you have a homemade trap the fruit flies can't escape.  The soap removes the surface tension on the liquid so the flies can't stay on top. They drown. Put 4-5 out and you'll get em. Make sure kitchen sink drains are clean of debris too.
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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