2006-08-19 05:32:22 · 6 answers · asked by chandrad 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
They are hard to get rid of. Someplace in your house is some fruit or something that they are feeding on. Clean under your refrigerator well, and anyplace that might have some standing water, including your drains. They are also attracted to mops and dishtowels. You can put a narrow-mouth jar out, filled with apple cider vinegar and a drop of dishsoap. The fruit flies will fly in but not out.
2006-08-19 05:42:36 · answer #1 · answered by poppet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eliminate the source of the fruit flies by removing all fruit and cleaning thoroughly. Clean the trash can, counter tops, drains, stove and anything that might have a source for them to feed on which is why they can keep reproducing. Then when you buy fresh fruit be more careful with it's storage so the flies can not breed or escape in your environment. Over the new fruit with an airtight container, but don't bring any new fruit into the house until you have eliminated the source of feeding for the flies.
2006-08-19 12:53:44 · answer #2 · answered by ruthie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once you get some bananas or other fruit that have them, it can be hard to get rid of them.
I had my fruit in a basket, and found they were laying the eggs in the basket. Once I got rid of the basket and put the fruit in a glass bowl that could be washed, they finally went away. I never let the fruit get over ripe which helps too.
2006-08-19 12:45:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once you have a bunch of Fruit Flies it is very hard to get rid of them.
1) Put all food away.
2) Empty garbage containers and wash them with bleach solution.
3) wipe down all food and bathroom areas with bleach solution.
4) hang up a few fly traps (the sticky tape kind)
Bleach solution: 1 cup of household bleach in 1 gallon of water.
Repeat these steps daily until you win the battle.
Good Luck!
2006-08-19 12:41:25 · answer #4 · answered by newsgirlinos2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Luckily for us plagued by these little devils, they don't live long, but they breed like crazy. So, clean your drains, (a little baking soda then white vinegar) And make sure the trash is gone. Clean, food, and water free are the keys. If they don't die on their own, you can give them a quick spritz from RAID, or use those yellow sticky bug catchers that come in a tube and hang off of a light bulb. (they are ugly, but they do the job)
Good luck
2006-08-19 12:43:03 · answer #5 · answered by Robsthings 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my old roomate used to spray raid in, then make sure that there is no gargabe out and keep the sink/garbabe dispoel clean..hope it helps
2006-08-19 12:40:27 · answer #6 · answered by enigma 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋