From my understanding, I tried using vinegar and draw a loop around my meals to prevent attracting the ants. As to prevent the flies, I use another plate to cover my meals. This can be a hard time for cleaning because of the need to clean the plates (that is used to cover the meals) and also the table with the vinegar.
Are there better ways?
Another option for covering plates to keep flies away is a mesh net: here's one example I found by using Google to search for flycover food. This won't come into contact with the food, unlike the plate you currently use or the newspaper @AnishaKaul suggests.
flycover food.
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Dec 5, 2011 at 17:13
One way to avoid ants and also the vinegar, is to fill a plate (slightly larger than the food vessel) with water and keep the food vessel in that plate.
When the vessel is placed in the plate filled with water, the water will encircle the vessel and thus will tell the ants not to cross the mark.
As for keeping the flies out, the least expensive way is to keep the food vessels together and cover them with a big clean newspaper. You can put paper weights at the end of the newspaper to prevent them from flying as the wind blows.
Hi i understand your problem,if u wanna to get rids of flies and ants , then first u need to go to market and buy a good spray for killing of flies and aunts, when these all flies and aunts dies then serve wash your hands and flour where all these dies , then serve meal, vinegar not help u more, i think spray is best option.
