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One very effective way of trying to reduce the amount of fruit flies in your home is to leave several traps around the most effected areas. You do this by pouring about 3 cm of water in a bowl, cup or container. Add a small amount of balsamic vinegar to attract the flies and add a small drop of washing up liquid. This causes the flies to sink in the water and drown, as opposed to swimming to the side, where they can climb back out and dry off. To finish the trap off, you must stretch cling film over the top, and poke small holes in it with something small like a tooth pick. The flies manage to climb in, but struggle to get back out and as they tire they fall into the water and drown. Leave them around for a day and you'll be amazed at the results. But to really deal with an infestation, you need to attack the problem at source. Place fruit in the fridge, or outside the home. Clean all surfaces immediately after food preparation and don't leave dirty plates, pots etc out. Finding where the eggs are being laid and cleaning that away is necessary also. If you follow all these steps, you should be free from the pests within a week.
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∙ 11y agoThere are various ways in which you can kill fruit flies the most efficient way is to kill the source that it attracting them.
For information you can try give this article a read: http://www.thebugsquad.com/fruit-flies/how-to-kill-fruit-flies
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∙ 12y agoWell a good way to kill them is too get out a small glass bowl, pour some vinegar in it and then put a tiny drop of dish soap in it to kill the bugs faster. Cover it with clear plastic wrap, and then make a small hole in the clear wrap. Put it by your fruit. You should soon have caught many of those pests!
HOW IT WORKS: Fruit-flies like the smell of vinegar and after they fly through the little hole on the plastic wrap the will get into it and drown. Sounds evil right?
Well it's okay they only live for about a day anyway. Problem is they just keep reproducing.
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Get a empty water bottle and cut it in half or where the label stops towards the bottom. Fill half of the bottom half with vinegar and a drop of dish soap. Take the cap off the top half and put it upside down on the bottom half then tape the 2 just how they are together.
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∙ 12y agoYou can attract wild fruit flies by placing slices of banana in a coffee can. The females will lay eggs and maggots will appear, which will form pupae, which will hatch into adult fruit flies.
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∙ 6y agoapple cider vinegar and dish soap (2 drops)
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Will borax kill fruit flies?
Borax will kill fruit flies. Place some yogurt in the room with borax in it and it will kill off the flies.
Will ozone machine kill fruit flies?
Yes, an ozone machine can kill fruit flies. However, that is not its main purpose. It's main purpose is to kill off bacteria like E.Coli.
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Why do fruit flies appear where there is no fruit?
Fruit Flies can sense other types of food too, like grains or vegetables. Also its very important to note that fruit flies do not only breed on fruit. Any sugary substance or even your rubbish bins can be perfect places for fruit flies. More information can be found here: http://www.thebugsquad.com/fruit-flies/how-to-get-rid-of-fruit-flies
What type of relationship do fruit flies have with humans?
When humans see fruit flies, they instinctively try to chase them away. Many households have a spray that can be used to kill the flying insects.
Does using Dawn and Vinegar rid fruit flies?
yes the smell will stun the fly and will kill it
What bugs eat lemons?
fruit flies like fruit so they would eat a lemon. also certain types of larvae eat fruit or rotting fruit too.
How do fruit flies get on fruit?
Fruit flies are attracted to the smell of the fruit, they fly to the fruit to get to it. There they breed and lay their eggs so some fruit flies are born on the fruit.
Can fruit flies be found in the north and south poles?
No. There is nothing for them to eat there and, it is too cold.
Do fruit flies become big flies?
No, they stay fruit flies.
How do fruit flies infest fruit?
Fruit flies infest fruit by actually burrowing into the fruit, and laying their eggs inside of it. So when they hatch, the fruit flies then devour their environment
Are you eating fruit fly larva when you eat fruit with fruit flies on it?
You probably are if female fruit flies were on it.
