I've got these little insects / bugs / gnats.....whatever you want tocall them....buzzing around our kitchen and in the office room at home.I initially thought they were small mosquitoes, but after having areally close look at them, and getting to know them almost on a first-name-basis, they are definitely not mosquitoes. (As an aside, Idefinitely do get mosquitoes inside from time to time, and my hatredfor them drives me to the wall, but those airborne vampires are adifferent matter). These little pests love my laptop screen too.I think they might by fruit flies - possibly. Anyway, what is the bestattractant for fruit flies, if that's what these little pests are?I've heard of apple cider vinegar. Well....I don't have any of that athome, but I can guarantee you I do have alcoholic cider at home (loveit!). Obviously fruit flies like fruit, but what is the #1 bestattractant for them? I wanna seem them literally fighting each otherover whatever drowning bait I am going to use.Thanks.

Fruit flies on your monitor? May be false chinch bugs. Why not grab one up and send it to a local expert. Also w/o your location, nobody can tell what this may be. I mean, for all I know, you're in Arabia.

Possibly fruit flies indoors - luring & trapping them?

Aug 31, 2007 22 Replies

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Meat Plow 18 years ago

Did you know that USDA allows for up to 3 insects per pound of cereal?

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salty 18 years ago

This is surprisingly effective. Flies and other bugs cannot "take off" straight up. They cannot escape once they enter. There are instructions all over the internet for making a great fly trap from a plastic soda bottle.

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I recommend a clear bottle rather than the green one this guy used.

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Plague Boy 18 years ago

Insects in cereal are measured by weight, not volume. Some settling of insects may occur during handling.

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