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How to get rid of Fruit Flies!

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Real Estate Agent with Re/Max Palos Verdes Realty

DIY pop bottle trap
Find a narrow-necked 2 or 3 liter soda bottle and fill the bottom inch or so with fruit juice, beer, soda, V8, apple cider, or vinegar along with a few drops of cooking oil or dish soap to break the liquid's surface tension so any bugs that attempt to land will get caught in the liquid. Place the bottle in the area of infestation and watch all of the little fruit flies get trapped in the bottle or trapped in the liquid inside.

DIY Bowl trap
Don't have any bottles? That's ok, make this trap instead. Take any size bowl and cover the bottom with fruit juice, beer, soda, V8, apple cider, or vinegar along with a few drops of cooking oil or dish soap and then cover the top with plastic wrap. Poke several small holes in the wrap with a fork or thin knife and set it out in the area of infestation. The fruit flies will smell their way into the bowl and will be unable to escape.

Every time I am drinking Red wine some how Fruit flies appear from no where! So I found some solutions as per above.

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Thanks.

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Mark Horan
Resident Team Realty, LLC & Toni's Property Management LLC - Saint Cloud, FL
"The Resident Chef" - Resident Team Realty LLC &
Prem- Great Ideas, I was a bar manager at one time and we always had problems with those little buggers.
Dec 08, 2007 05:10 PM
Tammy Carpenter
Home Team Realty, llc - Del City, OK
Thanks for the tips.  I had problems with them off and on all summer.  I'll try these tips when they show up again.
Dec 09, 2007 06:58 AM