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[AngelPuppy1]

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@mima wrote:

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@AngelPuppy1 wrote:

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@mima wrote:

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@AngelPuppy1 wrote:

I wanted to report on the gnat situation!!!

I have been using the suggestion of apple cider vinegar and dish washing liquid and I am happy to report that it works!!!!  

DH was like --- what are you doing???  -- when he saw me preparing a small bowl -- and I told him what I had read, just shook his head.  

It is so nice not to have those blasted little things buzzing around!

Thank you so much!!!!!  

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I just now made me a small bowl also after reading this thread. Yes, I have them too.  I also have bananas sitting out.

BTW, DH calls them gnats and I call them fruit flies.  Are they the same thing?

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@mima

I put the little bowl right beside where the bananas are and it is working!  I am amazed!!! 

@AngelPuppy1  I caught 4 myself!  Yay!  I did the same, right by the bananas.  BTW, I think mine are fruit flies.  They are red or brown, not black at all. 

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@mima

I'm glad you're getting results, too!  I don't know --- are fruit flies bigger?  In any event -- we don't want any of those little nasties flying around us!!!  

[mima]

@AngelPuppy1  I don't know which is bigger.  The ones I got were pretty tiny.

[AngelPuppy1]

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@mima wrote:

@AngelPuppy1  I don't know which is bigger.  The ones I got were pretty tiny.

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@mima

I think those are gnats - but I'm not sure either!!!  

[Mothertrucker]

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@AngelPuppy1 wrote:

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@mima wrote:

@AngelPuppy1  I don't know which is bigger.  The ones I got were pretty tiny.

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@mima

I think those are gnats - but I'm not sure either!!!  

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I think they are all gnats -"fruit flies" (drosophilia) are much larger  and are what we used in high school genetics experiments..

[debic]

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@Mothertrucker wrote:

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@AngelPuppy1 wrote:

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@mima wrote:

@AngelPuppy1  I don't know which is bigger.  The ones I got were pretty tiny.

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@mima

I think those are gnats - but I'm not sure either!!!  

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I think they are all gnats -"fruit flies" (drosophilia) are much larger  and are what we used in high school genetics experiments..

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Pictures on the internet make them look so huge.   They're both tiny, fruit flies seem to have a fuller body and are larger.   Not by much tho.   Fungus gnats is what they call the ones that live in the dirt.

[Jewel1]

Spent 3 days last summer trying to get rid of about 200 fruit flies. I tried variations of cider vinegar, grape juice, apple shaped traps, etc. what worked for me was the clear window strips made by blk flg or R..d. I have a mimi blind at my kitchen window. I put the strips near the bottom of the glass pane just above the window frame.  When I go to bed I turn off all the lights in the kitchen & raise the blind about 2-3 inches. When the sun comes up they fly towards the sunlight & they get stuck on the clear sticky film.  When I buy bananas (yellow, not green) I put them in the frig. The skin will turn black but the bananas will  be fine. BTW my grandparents lived in Brazil for abt 10 yrs, & the bananas that are imported aren't popular in Brazil !  They prepare bananas by baking, frying or grilling.  Grocery stores & restaurants also have fruit fly problems.