Timeline for Best way to remove fruit flies from your kitchen
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| Sep 30, 2017 at 19:55 | comment | added | reve_etrange | This works very well. My tips are 1) unfiltered apple cider vinegar works best, and 2) you can just use a rubber band to hold a paper towel over the container and poke a few holes with a fork or a skewer. | |
| Sep 29, 2017 at 1:11 | comment | added | Joe | @jmathew : when I've done it, they drowned. Maybe it's because I'm using smaller containers, so there's not a lot of space for them to fly around in there. And the condiment cups are small enough that you can leave one near each of the places they pop up (somehow, they found their way to my bathroom sink, too) | |
| Sep 28, 2017 at 18:52 | comment | added | stannius | @jmathew you can put the jar in the freezer for 20 minutes. The flies will slowly drift off to sleep. | |
| Sep 27, 2017 at 18:03 | comment | added | jmathew | This method works but I didn't consider what I'd do with a jar full of flies. I wanted the jar back but didn't want to open it and get flies everywhere. So I drowned them by pouring water through the hole I poked. It was very slow and depressing to watch. In hindsight, I should've just released them far away outside... | |
| Sep 27, 2017 at 15:10 | comment | added | stannius | If you don't have a container, you can also use a drinking glass with plastic wrap. Same deal, cider vinegar (or fly superfood rotting fruit) in the cup, plastic wrap on top, poke holes in the wrap just big enough for flies to crawl through. Make sure the wrap is tight around the glass or the flies will crawl out; I use a bit of scotch tape. | |
| Sep 27, 2017 at 13:33 | comment | added | tkmckenzie | It also helps to put a drop of dish soap in the liquid, it breaks the surface tension and more easily traps the flies. | |
| Sep 27, 2017 at 13:01 | history | answered | Joe | CC BY-SA 3.0 |