Anyone know how to get rid of fruit flies??

Question

My house is VERY clean and we've never had this problem before. I noticed it started when I left out some overly ripe bananas for a couple of days, then it seemed like they were everywhere?? Will they eventually die by themselves? I'm pregnant too so I don't want any chemicals sprayed around. Any suggestions???????

Answer 1

you can make fruit fly traps out of a plastic bottle, banana and water with dishwashing liquid added..

keep the lid on the bottle and fill about 1/4 of the way with water. add a few drops of washing liquid(makes the hairs on the wings slippery so they cannot force against air and fly off)

cut 2 holes on either side of the bottle about 1/3 from the top.

drop some banana through the holes(it will float in the water)

place trap near the fruit flies. The older the banana the better, or if you have any other rotten fruit that is attracting them, put that in the trap

Answer 2

Do you have houseplants? If so, the fruit flies have nested in the top of the soil. Have your significant other go to the local hardware store and buy sand like one would use in a child's sandbox, unfortunately it usually comes in large heavy bags but is fairly cheap.{hence the sending of SO, if you are pregnant you don't need to be lifting heavy bags of sand}. Sprinkle about 1/4 an inch on the top of all your houseplants and then, if possible water them only from the bottom. If you don't have houseplants then you can resort to the old fashioned fly paper trick. If you can not find sticky flypaper at your hardware store try using the "swifter" carpet sweeper pads. They are 2 sided sticky things that are similar to fly paper. Just peel off one side of the pad and leave it sticky side up in an area where you see the little critters the most often. Change it out about every other day.

Answer 3

Eliminate all fruit standing in the house. If fruit is outside the house, keep windows and doors closed and pick up fruit so the flies don't come in.

Are you sure they are fruit flies? Could they be gnats from houseplant soil? Fungus gnats are pesty. Soap and water watered into the soil, let sit and then rinse out.

Finally they could be a gnat reproducing in the sink traps. Pour some chlorox or PineSol down each drain, let it sit and then flush. Remember one or the other, not both. Chlorox is just too dangerous.

Answer 4

I just read about this in Hints From Heloise the other day...

Take a bit of the overly ripe fruit, and put it in a glass. Put plastic wrap over the top of the glass, then poke a tiny hole in the top of the plastic.

They'll be attracted to the fruit, and climb in, but won't be able to find the hole to get back out.

Answer 5

Dilute some red wine or vinegar in a glass. Put some dish washing soap also in the glass to create a layer of bubbles on the top. Flies will be attracted to the wine/vinegar and will get caught in the bubbles. Put/keep your fruit in the fridge.

Answer 6

Fruitflie maximum life span is 1-2 days, they should be gone pretty quick just as long as you properly disposed of all the overly riped fruit,

Answer 7

Pour a little vinegar in a glass . They will be attracted to it. Throw away your old banana's

Answer 8

get one of the fly trapers go to menards to fond the or target... they look like a small film canister but you pull the bottem out and its stikey and stuff

Answer 9

You got rid of the cause. Start swatting them they will disappear before you know it.

Answer 10

always keep your fruit in the fridge,i used raid and then sanitized my kitchen really well.