This seem trivial, but it really isn't.
I have a big problem with fruit flies and I can NOT get rid of them.
This is what I have tried.
Any one with some other ideas ?
If Alfred Hitchcock was still alive, he could make a great movie about this.
Thanks, Andy
A source is drawing them and could fruit that is on the ground and starting to rot.
Good start, but they reproduce rapidly and lay eggs so if you get rid of them today, you get them again next week. Trap and kill them. Takes a good week or two to be rid of them.
Get two or three small jars, just 8 oz of so is good. Pit some apple cider vinegar in them, just a quarter full. Cover with plastic wrap. Poke a hole about the size of your thumb. Place them in the area the flies have been found. Freshen after 4 or 5 days. Repeat until they are gone.
There is no fruit anywhere.
Andy
Thanks, I will try anything.
Even an exorcism. :-)
Andy
One thing I did not mention, be sure to clean around the sink drain. They often find their way there and breed.
Do have any house plants? Sometimes they can burrow down into the soil. We had an infestation when my son left a half eaten pear in his room. The only thing that finally did the trick was leaving out some sweet red wine in a glass.
Fly paper, fly strips? A quick search showed some home made ones.
maybe fungus gnats instead of fruit flies?
if you don't have fruit around for them to use.
songbird
In which case, perhaps your flies are drain flies rather than fruit flies.
Once I heard: Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
No house plants.
Thanks, the vinegar trap is working. :-)
3 dead so far.Andy
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