Bait for fruit flies???
06-27-2011, 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by the casual quilter
I put beer in a shallow dish, cover it with plastic wrap, and put a few needle holes in the plastic wrap. The fruit flies go in through the holes to get at the beer and then can't get out. I get rid of them and they go off into the next life in a good mood!
06-27-2011, 08:07 PM
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LOL! I did find the total answer to the fruit fly problem and it wasn't any of these "home remedies." None of them worked, but I bought a gadget from our local Ace Hardware and it got rid of them all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
06-27-2011, 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by the casual quilter
I put beer in a shallow dish, cover it with plastic wrap, and put a few needle holes in the plastic wrap. The fruit flies go in through the holes to get at the beer and then can't get out. I get rid of them and they go off into the next life in a good mood!
06-28-2011, 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by CircleSquare
LOL! I did find the total answer to the fruit fly problem and it wasn't any of these "home remedies." None of them worked, but I bought a gadget from our local Ace Hardware and it got rid of them all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:lol: :lol: :lol:
06-28-2011, 04:47 PM
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I don't know the name of it. The brand is HotShot. At the bottom it says "Contains Dichlorvos". It has no odor. I just put it on the back of my kitchen counter. Occasionally I find a dead fruit fly on the counter. I think you can buy a refil for it - not sure, because my husband bought it and unwrapped it when I was not home. It really works.
06-28-2011, 05:00 PM
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thanks will look for that gadget at the store
Originally Posted by CircleSquare
LOL! I did find the total answer to the fruit fly problem and it wasn't any of these "home remedies." None of them worked, but I bought a gadget from our local Ace Hardware and it got rid of them all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
06-28-2011, 05:36 PM
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I put an empty bottle on the counter with apple cider vinegar in it -then take a paper plate and form a funnel - tape it to the bottle so there's a good seal. Fruit flies get in but they can't get out.
Might try beer next time - seems pretty humane to me!
Might try beer next time - seems pretty humane to me!
06-28-2011, 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by dsb38327
Originally Posted by CircleSquare
LOL! I did find the total answer to the fruit fly problem and it wasn't any of these "home remedies." None of them worked, but I bought a gadget from our local Ace Hardware and it got rid of them all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:lol: :lol: :lol:
06-28-2011, 05:55 PM
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I remember seeing cut up fruit up on a shelf where the fruit for sale was at a local supermarket. I guess the idea was to make the flies go to the cut up fruit and it seemed to work. You just have keep it away from the "real fruit".
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