I HAVE FRUIT FLIES! Help!?!


Question: I HAVE FRUIT FLIES! Help!!?
I have about 1000 fruit flies in my kitchen and it has forced me out of it completely! I had a sink full of dishes for like, a week, and now they wont go away even when the dishes are, what can I do to kill them or get them to go away!? Help!Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
Fruit flies lay eggs in your drain, so you want to kill the eggs off first!. Boil some water and pour it down your drain!.!. Then take bleach and pour that down!.!. As far as the other ones go, for some reason, vinegar kills them!. So, what I did was put vinegar in a glad plastic container, cover it, and punch little holes in the top!. With in a few days, they were all gone!.

For follow up, just make sure you don't leave fruit out and don't leave dirty dishes in the sink that long!.!.!. Good luckWww@FoodAQ@Com

Fruit flies come from eggs laid on fruit, not from dirty dishes (though you might want to think about not leaving dirty dishes in the sink for a week -- you could start attracting vermin waaayyyy worse than fruit flies)!. Refrigerating your fruit as soon as you get it home helps prevent hatching (even bananas -- the skin will turn black, but the fruit inside stays fresh)!. I guess you could try some flying insect spray, but those are pretty toxic!. I read that fruit flies live for less than two months!.!.!.you might just have to wait it out!.!.!. Www@FoodAQ@Com

I used the fruit fly trap and they were gone in a day!.!.!.I just used apple cider vinegar and a few drops of dish detergent!. Put it in a container , covered it with plastic wrap ( with a rubber band around to keep it tight ) and poked about 20 very small holes in the wrap!. It worked great! I had a few tomatoes left from my garden that I forgot about in the basement and was infested! This worked great!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I had some issues once several years back and scrubbed and sprayed my kitchen like crazy but I found a website for you I wish I had seen then that gives a lot of great info on everything of why it happens to simple tricks to rid yourself of them!. Best of luck! LindaWww@FoodAQ@Com

put a glass of wine out they will drink it and drown in it !. really works, also get some boric acid powder from the dollar store put a steam of it around the sink or back of the wash board they will eat it and die both these attract flies fruit fliesWww@FoodAQ@Com

I have the same problem, caused by the same thing!. I've been making sure my dishes are done and the garbage is out!. also dry up any water in the sink!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

same problem!.
i think its fruit fly season!.!.!.!.

just go on a fruit fly killing spree!
hehehe!.

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please!?Www@FoodAQ@Com

This has always worked for me: http://www!.recipezaar!.com/Fruit-Fly-Trap!.!.!.

Note: I've always used Dawn dishwashing soap!. Not sure why, but that's what I've used!. Works like a charm!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Set a bottle of beer or fruit juice out near them overnight- they will go in + be gone!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

basically just give it time but they can grow from old food or garbage so keep things clean and they'll die in a day or twoWww@FoodAQ@Com

You need to look for old fruit laying around that is what attracts them!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Fruit flies are yuckyWww@FoodAQ@Com

They will eventually die out!. They are sick tho i hate them Www@FoodAQ@Com





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