My really disgusting roomate put her banana's ontop of the fridge and forgot about them til now (It's been like 3 weeks). She also leaves food and dirty dishes all over the place. Needless to say I have now been bombarded by fruit flies for the last week. (But I'm kicking her out next week, haha!)

I'm a neat freak and this is really grossing me out.

Any suggestions on how to get rid of the nasty suckers?

9/23/2006 12:35:33 AM

you can make a trap for them...

http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Entomology/entfacts/struct/ef621.htm

[Edited on September 23, 2006 at 12:42 AM. Reason : 3]

9/23/2006 12:39:38 AM

They only live 2 weeks. Remove their source of food and they'll go away on their own.

9/23/2006 2:13:46 AM

^ yep

no matter how bad they are, if you clean up they'll all just die in a few days

9/23/2006 9:29:55 AM

i have those bastards too

9/23/2006 11:36:08 AM

I found putting out a dish of mouthwash would attract them and then they'd drown in it.

9/23/2006 11:40:27 AM

that trap never worked for me, tried it several times

9/23/2006 3:22:49 PM

^cause you too big but a fruit fly woyuld be fucked!

9/23/2006 3:53:11 PM

uh, what?

9/23/2006 3:58:07 PM

I have them too. Also caused by Banana peels (or possibly orange peels or apple cores). I probably should just get a trash can with a lid on it or a separate compost bucket to keep outside or something. I am a very neat person as well, but I can't justify taking out the garbage when it's only 1/4 full. I don't generate a lot of trash, so my food trash stays with me longer than perhaps would be normal.

9/23/2006 4:33:25 PM

http://www.brentroad.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=431112

9/24/2006 12:46:09 AM

It's either vinegar or wine with a couple drops of dishwashing liquid.. I forgot which though

9/24/2006 12:55:56 AM

glass of white wine--doesn't have to be a lot--within hours most of them dead.

9/24/2006 2:12:06 AM

we had em in our apartment a few years back and i made the trap, but used a slice of apple instead of banana. it worked pretty well.

9/24/2006 2:41:22 AM

clean up and spray massive amount of bug spray where the fruit flies are hanging out and they will be sure to go away

9/24/2006 2:53:12 AM

Clean up and get some Raid that's in the blue canister, that says flying insects killer or something to that effect. Takes em right out.

9/24/2006 3:39:37 AM

Works like a charm. No pesticides, and caught every single fruit fly in my house within 12 hours. Problem is no more.

9/30/2006 9:58:33 PM

fly sticky traps or fly papers work wonders on them

10/1/2006 1:14:40 AM

10/1/2006 1:20:16 AM

If you have a container, a piece of paper, and some rotten food (which you obviously do if you have said problem), why would you even consider buying something? That homemade trap was 100% effective.

10/1/2006 8:27:21 PM