Fruit flies will be the death of me

They make traps. You can make your own, Google is your friend.

Also, keep your sinks clean with bleach.

Take some fruit like a 1/2 of cantaloupe and spray raid on it and put it out on the counter...

Does anyone remember in the 1980's when the Mediterranean Fruit Fly was going to be the end of the world??

They make this stuff called Purge, which comes in a small can which fits in an auto sprayer. Get it at a restaurant supply store or a commercial cleaning products store. You can also get the auto sprayer or just spray it yourself like every 15 minutes, one or two sprays, into the air in your kitchen and living room. Over the course of about three days, they will be wiped out. Also bleach your sink drain every night. That's how commercial kitchens do it.

And get an electric fly swatted from Harbot Freight and zap as many as you can. Zapping small bugs is fun.

409 kills them or any flying insect just as good as anything. If you get lemon scented your wife will think you're cleaning rather than having epic fruit fly shoot outs.

put a small piece of fruit in the middle of a glue trap

Put a glass with about an inch of red wine in it...Leave it out on the kitchen counter...

I've done the red wine, and also put a small amount of vinegar in it, works well. But I keep drinking the wine myself. An epic battle of cheap wine, killing flies, and fighting hangovers.

bugasalt.com

fruit flies'll test your aim.

quote:

---

Had this problem last year and they are a pain to get rid of. Putting apple cider vinegar and over ripe fruit in a tall glass, placing plastic wrap over the top and poking small holes it worked pretty well. It attracts the flies and they can't get back out.

---

Apple Cider Vinegar works well here.

I keep a jar on my counter during the spring/summer and it fills up with those little bastards.