topic Re: Fruit Flies in Home

Fruit Flies

rms1954 — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 22:41:36 GMT

They are disgusting and horrible the last few days. I have tried the vinegar and dish soap and it does not work. Can anyone provide a better solution? I see lots of countertop gadgets but I'm wondering if they would work.

Flyminator trap, Wondercide were a couple I came across.

Re: Fruit Flies

fthunt — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 22:53:51 GMT

Works better than vinegar & soap.

Yes, have used them for years....the decorative container with mating (s*x) odor. They crawl right in the opening.Refresh every 30 days.

Re: Fruit Flies

Malcontent — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 22:56:27 GMT

@rms1954

This wasn’t bought for fruit flies, but it gets them all so far:

Reusable Yellow Jacket Trap.

Within 20 minutes of putting up outside the back door, it caught three yellow jackets and too many fruit flies to count.

Re: Fruit Flies

rms1954 — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 23:05:45 GMT

@fthunt wrote:
Works better than vinegar & soap.

Yes, have used them for years....the decorative container with mating (s*x) odor. They crawl right in the opening.Refresh every 30 days.

Which one are you referring to?

Re: Fruit Flies

rms1954 — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 23:05:23 GMT

@Malcontent wrote:
@rms1954

This wasn’t bought for fruit flies, but it gets them all so far:

Reusable Yellow Jacket Trap.

Within 20 minutes of putting up outside the back door, it caught three yellow jackets and too many fruit flies to count.

This?

Re: Fruit Flies

4kitties — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 23:10:23 GMT

I use the Terro brand fruit fly traps. They are a cute little apple that you just sit on your counter near your fruit. I get them at Walmart.

They work great for me.

Re: Fruit Flies

fthunt — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 23:32:16 GMT

Poster's Terro probably is good too - I've only used that brand for ants.

On Amazon go forward about 3 or 4 times on that top row of how to catch FF. There's a triangle white plastic counter holder with 4 small holes....that's the one I've used to 30 years. Leave it near a bowl of fruit and soon they will be crawling around the holes.

The odor draws them in - they don't come out. Replace in 30 days.

Re: Fruit Flies

Trailrun23 — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 23:38:31 GMT

I make sure to clean my disposal thoroughly...DH sometimes throw food into it but forgets to run it. It has been the source of fruit flies the few times I have had them in the kitchen. I use only vinegar when I set out a glass to trap the,...I found the dish soap and vinegar combo didn't work as well as vinegar alone.

Re: Fruit Flies

Nonametoday — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 01:11:19 GMT

A wine bottle with about 1-2 oz of wine in the bottom (the kind with the concave or convex depending on which way you are looking at it). Put a very small amount of Dawn dishwashing liquid down the inside walls of the bottle. They will go in to get the wine (wine is strong fruit smell) and when they start back up, the Dawn either kills them or they can't climb out because it is sticky and they are drunk on wine. Flies go in but they never come out. Works for me. I have used that for many years.

Re: Fruit Flies

justashopper — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 01:26:39 GMT

I don't know about the soap but... I put a few tablespoons of apple cider vinegar in jar with a small chunk of fruit (banana, pineapple, berry). cover with plastic wrap, use a rubberband around the opening to hold it. Poke a few holes in the plastic wrap. the flies can crawl in but not out. works like a charm every time.

Re: Fruit Flies

Still Raining — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 01:49:30 GMT

Might be good to banish them from all your drains where they can breed.

A couple of years I saw them there and drowned them in ammonia.

Re: Fruit Flies

Tori3569 — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 05:37:22 GMT

There are 2 different types of these pests--drain flies and fruit flies. If they're fruit flies, the vinegar, etc will most likely work. If they're drain flies, they come up through the drain toward the light. Sometimes there's a pipe issue somewhere, but not always.

For drain flies, there are the chemical things that work like SureShot or others previously mentioned, but the key is to keep all the drains very clean and pour boiling water alternating with ice at different times of day, especially at night.

You can also pour some bleach down the drain as well, but some people dislike the smell,

Part of my job is food safety, so I deal with this all the time in my stores.