How do I get rid of fruit flies?

[rack04]

Originally Posted by Dunkel

Take a shallow white bowl and put some water, a couple drops of dishwashing liquid, and a little vinegar in it. They will die in there quickly. Replace this mixture everyday. Make up a few of them for better results. Put one near your TV and lamps/lights. They are attracted to the light and electromagnetic field (I heard it on a bug killing show). No matter what we do we get fruit flies every summer. I hate them.

This is what I do.

[BlackDog]

We've had some here this summer. I've used a short juice glass with a piece of banana in it, cover the top with plastic wrap, and poke a couple holes with a pencil in the plastic wrap. They get in the glass but not out. Once a day I'd cover the top with my hand, take it outside, and open the plastic wrap. Seemed to work pretty well.

I've set both the funnel and the shallow dish traps, will report back.

If this fails, anyone have a flamethrower I can borrow?

[St. Lou Stu]

Originally Posted by BlackDog

We've had some here this summer. I've used a short juice glass with a piece of banana in it, cover the top with plastic wrap, and poke a couple holes with a pencil in the plastic wrap. They get in the glass but not out. Once a day I'd cover the top with my hand, take it outside, and open the plastic wrap. Seemed to work pretty well.

Did you try tagging their ears to see if the same ones return?

Or giving them vasectomies so that they waste precious breeding time with the un-altered wild individuals, resulting in lower egg counts in the breeding population at large?

[yourchoice]

Originally Posted by Slavac

I've set both the funnel and the shallow dish traps, will report back.

If this fails, anyone have a flamethrower I can borrow?

You received good advice. They'll both work. If I had to guess the shallow dish trap will win the contest. Has worked better for me.

[kenstogie]

I like the vasectomy idea. Not sure about the logistics though.

Originally Posted by St. Lou Stu

Did you try tagging their ears to see if the same ones return?

How about you take a shower?

Originally Posted by ahc4353

How about you take a shower?

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[pfm721]

Echo Dunkel. Used that very technique just last week to get rid of the ones in my apartment.