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Fruit flies
Posted on 7/28/19 at 7:51 pm
Posted on 7/28/19 at 7:51 pm
Anybody got a good method of getting rid of them? They’re in the kitchen/sink. Bought those little apple shaped traps and poured bleach down my drain. They’re still here.
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Posted on 7/28/19 at 7:55 pm to strohmile126
You need the bacterial drain treatment to really get rid of them. You can trap them and they will pass but they are feeding and hatching from rotting food in the drain, the bacteria breaks it down.
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This post was edited on 7/28/19 at 8:00 pm
Posted on 7/28/19 at 8:24 pm to strohmile126
Take a piece of fruit and spray bug killer on it, leave it on the counter near the sink, change out as needed.
Posted on 7/28/19 at 8:37 pm to strohmile126
Wine glass with red wine(preferably a day or so old) or apple cider vinegar in it. Cling wrap over the top with a 1/4” or so hole poked in the top. You can put a drop of dawn in the wine or vinegar to help trap them in it when they land. Trust me on this. Came home to a whole, rotten pineapple we forgot on the counter before we left for a week vacation. When I got home I picked it up to throw it away and a cloud of hundreds of fruit flies flew off of it. Killed them all with multiple wine glasses in a few days.
This post was edited on 7/28/19 at 8:39 pm
Posted on 7/28/19 at 10:26 pm to Marlo Stanfield
aka dick gnats.....
Posted on 7/29/19 at 12:05 am to strohmile126
Those aren’t fruit flies. They’re drain flies. Google them. It will tell you how to get rid of them.
Posted on 7/29/19 at 5:30 am to Marlo Stanfield
Apple cider vinegar in a small bowl works great for killing existing flies.
But after a month there were still a few around. Vinegar in the drain didn't do any good. They turned out to be laying eggs in the cat poop in the litter box.
But after a month there were still a few around. Vinegar in the drain didn't do any good. They turned out to be laying eggs in the cat poop in the litter box.
Posted on 7/29/19 at 9:05 am to Tigris
As mentioned you probably have decomposing food matter in the pipes and they are drain flies. Buy a bottle of liquid plumber and follow the directions on the label. Treat your kitchen sink a couple of times a few hours apart and it will remove the gunk and flies at the same time.
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