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[Happy2BHere]

My friendly advice if you think they're still not leaving after doing the suggestions above- be sure to thoroughly check for food everywhere,

One time my husband's 90 year old grandmother had a real problem with fruit flies at her house, and we did everything we could think of to help her get rid of them. Then one day I happened to check her kitchen cabinets and reached in and turned the built in lazy susan in the corner of the cabinet and found that she had put a large bunch of bananas in there and forgot them. (Well, I think they were bananas, though by the time I found them they were little black shriveled pointy things LOL). Yuck! Got rid of those and voila, no more fruit flies. 

[Franklinbell]

@Scooby Doo i cleaned all surfaces and threw out everything I could find that was sitting out. Those things are pesky! The good news my friend is gonna be fine and will be home soon!  Thanks for your idea. I can try that one tonight! I think she has apple cider vinegar.

[Franklinbell]

@Pook @Thanks! My Qvc buddies are the bestest!

[shoekitty]

Wrigleys Speriment gum, unchewed, lol. Leave opened sticks in cupboard or area. Also, I had such a problem I got peppermint oil from Amazon, put on cotton ball or added to gum and they were gone by end of day

[Franklinbell]

Thanks shoekitty!

[ChiliPepper]

@Franklinbell 

I think someone mentioned checking & flushing the drains really good.

Very important because who knows what little specks might be down there.

Especially important if she has a garbage disposal.

Good luck! Really nice of you to help out your friend!

[Franklinbell]

@ChiliPepper Thanks! 

[Flatbush]

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@Franklinbell wrote:

Hello Friends!

I have a friend that had a medical emergency and left home without putting food away.  She is fine but she has been gone for a few days.  I went ovet to her house to get it ready for her to come home and discovered she has those little bugs.  I think they are called fruil flies. I am not sure.  I have cleaned her kitchen and discared all of the food.  What do i do to get rid of these pesky bugs.  That will not make for a great welcome home with those things flying around.  Thanks!!

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@Franklinbell 

What a kind and thoughtful friend you are!

[ID2]

Ever since we moved on the lake we have fruit flies in the Fall. I'm fighting them now. Years ago I purchased, from Amazon, a set of fruitfly traps. All's I do is put a little apple cider vinegar in. They crawl in and cannot get out and eventually drown. 

[debcakes]

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@Scooby Doo wrote:

I had those a year ago and just couldn't get rid of them.  Finally I found a few potatoes in a bag in the washroom that I had forgotten about.  That was their food source.  Don't leave any produce out in the open.  They even got into a loaf of bread.  After I locked down all the food they disappeared.

Cheap and easy thing is to fill a small glass with about 2 oz of apple cider vinegar and two drops of dishwashing soap.  Keep it on the kitchen counter and it will attract the flies.  They will get in the glass and drown.

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yes, clean up whatever is attracting the bugs. The vinegar treatment truly works. The son of a friend of mine is one of the country's leading fruit fly experts. Seriously. I asked him what we could do in our homes to control them. He said the vinegar trick is the best. In my own home I have also noticed that they disappear if I have the AC on.