How do I get rid of fruit flies? - Page 2

kenstogie · 09-14-2009, 09:13 AM

I once had them and my girlfriend says I am the neatest, cleanest guy she's ever seen, any way what I did and it worked was to...

-Clean up right after eating, meticulously

-covering the garbage

-setting a trap

-spraying everything down with a mild chlorine/water solution

-pouring bleach OR vinegar down th disposal/drain

-another though that may or may not work would be to wait until you are going on a ski weekend and turn the heat to low. that'll should help.

Hope this helps!

BlackDog · 09-14-2009, 11:15 AM

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.

09-14-2009, 11:16 AM

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

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

yourchoice · 09-14-2009, 11:39 AM

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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.

St. Lou Stu · 09-14-2009, 11:20 AM

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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?

09-14-2009, 11:33 AM

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?

09-14-2009, 12:08 PM

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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?

09-14-2009, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by ahc4353

How about you take a shower?

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Bastage

kenstogie · 09-14-2009, 12:07 PM

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

pfm721 · 09-14-2009, 01:35 PM

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

09-14-2009, 09:13 AM	#1
kenstogie following the whiterabbit Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Albany, NY Posts: 1,325 Trading: (3)	Re: How do I get rid of fruit flies? I once had them and my girlfriend says I am the neatest, cleanest guy she's ever seen, any way what I did and it worked was to... -Clean up right after eating, meticulously -covering the garbage -setting a trap -spraying everything down with a mild chlorine/water solution -pouring bleach OR vinegar down th disposal/drain -another though that may or may not work would be to wait until you are going on a ski weekend and turn the heat to low. that'll should help. Hope this helps! __________________ I intend to live forever. So far, so good.

09-14-2009, 11:15 AM	#2
BlackDog Gonna make you groove... Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Warren Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 2,468 Trading: (19)	Re: How do I get rid of fruit flies? 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. __________________ "We live in the good of this."

09-14-2009, 11:16 AM	#3
Slavac Guest Posts: n/a	Re: How do I get rid of fruit flies? I've set both the funnel and the shallow dish traps, will report back. If this fails, anyone have a flamethrower I can borrow?

09-14-2009, 11:33 AM	#6
Cyanide Guest Posts: n/a	Re: How do I get rid of fruit flies? 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?

09-14-2009, 12:07 PM	#9
kenstogie following the whiterabbit Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Albany, NY Posts: 1,325 Trading: (3)	Re: How do I get rid of fruit flies? I like the vasectomy idea. Not sure about the logistics though. __________________ I intend to live forever. So far, so good.

09-14-2009, 01:35 PM	#10
pfm721 I bleed Orange and Blue Join Date: Aug 2009 First Name: Patrick Location: Naples, FL Posts: 101 Trading: (7)	Re: How do I get rid of fruit flies? Echo Dunkel. Used that very technique just last week to get rid of the ones in my apartment.