How do you get rid of fruit flies?

Answer 1

Get rid of gnats by pouring bleach down the sink drains. Allow to stand for an hour and then pour water down the drains to flush.

Cut a lemon in half. Put it down the garbage disposal. It will get rid of the gnats and also give a pleasant aroma to the disposal.

Put cups of vinegar on your counters and sporadicallythroughout your home. they will fly into and drown.

Answer 2

ANSWER:Give them a food source like an apple or banana slice and when they group on it, squirt them with a solution of water and dish soap from a spray bottle. It will kill them. You will have to figure out the proper solution because some soaps are better than others. This will take them out of the air as well. It makes their wings stick to their bodies and they fall. This is easy to clean up and can be used in places you wouldn't want to use poisionous sprays. I use this method to kill them when they gather in my kitchen glass doorway. This works for flies and mosquitoes in flight as well.

Answer:

Enjoy a bottle of wine. Leave the empty bottle with the normal residue at the bottom on the counter. The Fruit fly will find its way in but not out. You may have to experiment to find the variety of wine that your fruit fly prefers. Or you can add a thin sliver of banana or cantaloupe to the bottle. A small amount of apricot or peach nectar will also attract them.

Answer 3

To get rid of gnats that are flying around the house don't leave fruits that have been have half-eaten around, or peels any where in your house. Try not having a messy house and food in places that aren't refrigerators or cabinets. Try also sealing food such as fuits and veggies in sealed bags so nats don't come for it. :) :) :) *If you don't know if they are gnats or fruit flies, put out a small dish of wine. Gnats are attracted to it.. so are fruit flies. They will drown in it. After you kill all you can. Give your house a good once over and clean really well. Good luck!

Answer 4

Cleaning spills, clearing orts, covering or refrigerating fruits (especially bananas), repairing screens, and sealing cracks are ways to get rid of fruit gnats by obstructing populations from becoming established indoors. Employing apple cider vinegar-filled bottles/bowls and disposable-glued pheromone or ultraviolet light traps and keeping drains clean end establishing and established presences. Additional controls may include tolerance of natural enemies outdoors (chickens, crickets, frogs, predaceous wasps, Spiders) and use of pyrethrin spray.

Answer 5

Cleanliness especially around kitchen sinks and removal of the enticement, which is rotting food, function as effective remedies for getting rid of fruit flies. Known as Drosophilidae, fruit flies make up a diverse family with a very short lifespan and with a passion for fermenting, rotting material. Another effective remedy requires a vinegar trap, which lures fruit flies with the fermenting smells of vinegar.

Answer 6

It's a common problem in the summer. Every time I bring bananas home I get fruit flies. My method is to capture the flies and destroy them. I put a little sugar and dry yeast into a jar and add water. The flies are attracted to the carbon dioxide. Then I cut a about a third of a sheet of bond paper lengthwise and cut out a curve (also lengthwise) on one of the sides. I then roll it to form a cone, which i put into the jar. This prevent the flies from escaping. Once he flies are captured, you simply either pour water into the jar to drown them (cone intact) or take them outdoors to release them.

Answer 7

The main thing is to keep everything clean. Use a small amount of bleach in your dish washing water (not in the dishwasher, only if you wash by hand) and for washing countertops etc. Keep garbage covered well and take it outside often when there's foodwaste in it, and wash fruits or vegetables that are not stored in the fridge (not using bleach). This will interfere with their ability to reproduce. They have very short life and reproductive spans, so with no food or breeding grounds, they will die off fairly quickly.

House plants are another source for food and procreation, but harder to control without harming the plant. Try vacuuming up any flies you see around them (seriously, it works) on a regular basis and then suck up a small amount of borax powder or diatomaceous earth powder to kill the flies in the vacuum bag. There may be some sprays available for spraying the plants to kill flies and eggs as well.

To deal with the adult flies, you may wish to hang fly traps, although this may be considered somewhat less than sanitary around food preparation or serving areas.

Answer 8

the way to get rid of indoor gnats is to kill them. a recipe for a mixture that i use.... it really works!

you need:

1 long skinny vase or soda bottle

vinegar

honey

take the vase or soda bottle and put about a cup of vinegar in it. then put 2 tablespoons of honey. set in a windowsill or near a place where you find the gnats.

Answer 9

leave out a glass of red wine or vinegar

Answer 10

How to get rid of gnats in the house