Fruit Flies Be Gone

After trying every technique imaginable to get rid of fruit flies at and old apartment (including eschewing all edible/organic materials), we resorted to all out toxic spray can fumigation. It smelled, and might have given us cancer, but it kicked the flies asses.

We’ve always had good luck with a small bowl of white wine with a drop of dish detergent. The flies land for a taste and never come out.

Our best results came from balsamic vinegar, a bit of red wine, and a drop of dish detergent, with the requisite saran wrap.

Lee Valley Tools sell the best fruit fly traps. I swear.

http://www.leevalley.com/garde…

Double-diddo on the Lee Valley traps — have one of them opened just before the heat of the summer, open the other (or more than two) as soon as you see a fly. You’ll have a hard time finding the flies even if you go looking. And if you have a full blown infestation, they will knock it down to tolerable levels in a week. (they are pricey(ish))

Andrea’s right on.

I found that the trap described here
http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomolo…
to be very effective. I did learn that unless you want to watch the complete life cycle of the fruit fly, you should empty often.

Similarly cutting the top off a plastic bottle and taping it back in upside down also works.