Radom I know ,But where the hell do fruit flies come from!?!

Angela - posted on 10/13/2012

The link works but the video on how to remove them does not.

Natasha - posted on 10/11/2012

Hey Angela,



I am not too sure if you have still having a problem with fruit flies but I just signed up to offer my suggestions. Before getting into the pest control industry, I had many pest problems and yearned to find out simple answers to many of them. The good news is that fruit fly control is fairly easy and can be done without cost.



Fruit flies go through the following process before they start buzzing around your head:



1) Fruit fly eggs (looks like tiny white dots, very hard to see)

2) Fruit fly larvae (very much like maggots, easily visible)

3) Fruit fly pupae (almost like a cocoon, metamorphosis takes place)

4) That irritating pest called the "fruit fly" :P



I hope that helps you and anybody reading this :)



Source: http://www.thebugsquad.com/fruit-flies/w...

Dianna - posted on 09/25/2011

The vinegar and dish soap works! The cider vinegar attracts them and the dish soap breaks the surface tension of the vinegar, the fruit flies fall in and drown.

Nodidoda - posted on 09/23/2011

i m doing them all now!!! HATE THEM

Angela - posted on 09/19/2011

Well after exchanging the soil in all my flower pots, removing dead leaves etc diligently, trapping them and bleaching my drain and washing my recycle bins with bleach and soap...the little nasty pest have dissipated!
Today in fact I notice I did not see one for the first time!

Donna-Marie - posted on 09/18/2011

Ok, this is 100% gross, but it WORKS!
Get a tupper wear container that you never want to use again. Put a few pieces of fruit in it, cover tightly with saran wrap, using the tip of a very sharp knife poke lots of little holes in it. They have to be tiny! The plan is the nasty fruit flies, fly in and can't escape, trapping them! Leave this out in the kitchen for at least a week, then just throw it all away. I usually put it on top of a high cup board so i can't see it. Everytime I have had to do this it has really worked, been filled with lots of fruit flies and my problem vanished! Good Luck!

Lisa - posted on 09/18/2011

check all you flower pots/soil for fly eggs..... hope it help i hate them little pisser....

Angela - posted on 09/15/2011

Well I have tried everything and so far they get better and then come back..probably laying eggs somewhere ewww but I do have bin for our recycle and returns I suppose I can wash the bin out well with bleach and soap.

Kim - posted on 09/15/2011

If you have any bottles around that could be the source as well. My last house was invaded with fruit flies and I could not get rid of them or figure out where they were coming from. I finally discovered it was from our bag of returnable bottles we had stored in our storage closet. I picked it up to bring it in a there was a million. Ugh so nasty.

Nancy - posted on 09/15/2011

I had them too! Try 'Victor Yellow jacket & flying insect trap'. It works! Not sure where to buy it - my husband bought it.

Angela - posted on 09/12/2011

Well i just changed all my soil in my lovely plants..... expensive and work....
oh and one tried to invade Claire's pancake today.... he was big! killed his ass. If this does not work I am calling the bug killer

Dianna - posted on 09/12/2011

They say to put a couple of bottle caps of white vinigar on your cupboards. That clears them right up.

Brittany - posted on 09/10/2011

Angela, they usually lay the eggs on the fruit so when they hatch the larva will have a food source.....thus you should always wash your fruits before you eat them.

Angela - posted on 09/10/2011

I just want to level the playing field in my house ... @Brittany where to they lay their eggs?

Brittany - posted on 09/09/2011

Ahhh....the ever annoying....creation of Satan himself.....Drosophila or Fruit Fly.

The linger and feed on overripe and rotting foods. There are some 1400 + species of the fruit fly. Some eat rotting or overripe foods, while other prefer fresh fruit or unripened foods. Many larva will eat fresh fruit and later turn to rotting fruit. The eggs of the fly are laid together in groups of 10-20 so they can be on the same site. The maturing can take anywhere from 7 to 60+ days depending on the species.

In other words, if you have fruit AT ALL expect fruit flies. They are annoying yes but, if anyone organism is completely wiped off the face of the Earth there is usually some kind of dire consequence.

Angela - posted on 09/09/2011

Oh my eggs in my soil....okay will do... that is just ewwwww... Off to put new soil for the plants on the list. Lucky for me I am planting for fall so not too much of an extra chore.

Kim - posted on 09/08/2011

Try changing the soil in your plants. There might be eggs in it.

Beth - posted on 09/08/2011

Some just popped up about a week ago and we NO fruit in the apt. Good luck, hope u get rid of them~

Donna - posted on 09/08/2011

ooo never thought of that lol

Keana - posted on 09/07/2011

Take a small bowl and pour some dawn dish soap ad apple cider vinigar together they will attract to it and die

Angela - posted on 09/06/2011

@Donna, the bleach and vinegar is kill them the soap is the bait!

Angela - posted on 09/04/2011

They can bite ewww well I got rid of a good amount of them with bleach down the drain! I then only had them back due to my gardenia plant! They seem to be very attracted to it. I don't want to get rid of my lovely indoor plants so I guess I will put the dish soap concoction out again ...

Donna - posted on 09/04/2011

when ever we have fruit flies they tend to be attracted to the dish soap

Katherine - posted on 09/04/2011

I didn't know they bite either. Good to know.

Victoria - posted on 09/04/2011

Citronella doesn't work on fruit flies.
I work for a company that sells essential oils and I swear we've tried everything and our work is still riddled with them, it's so nasty. Just thinking about it grosses me out & I've even been bitten by them & I never even knew fruit flies bit.

Lorena - posted on 09/03/2011

Citrus and vinegar might work yes but you could try also scent candles (typical citronella) and citrus inciense. Smoke naturally scares them and somehow disappear without any corpses left. Lorena Barzanti

Angela - posted on 09/01/2011

I did the drain and dish soap thing now for a few days and they are almost gone!!!! Thanks all!

Lori - posted on 08/31/2011

4 cups of water, 2 tbsp of sugar and vinegar and a couple drops of dish soap in a large bowl. Set it on your counter and watch them congregate. I had the same issue from a pineapple. In 5 days there were over 60 which grossed me out to no end but I have not seen a single one since.

Katrina - posted on 08/29/2011

Brilliant! Sounds like a good conversation lol.
It is great over here...my G'parents actually migrated from Netherlands themselves 60-odd years ago. Mum was the first one born in Aus :)

Angela - posted on 08/29/2011

Oh how I wish I could... I bet the weather is better also than her is rainy gray Netherlands....

Tonight over dinner,

"Honey I have yet another reason why we should move from The Netherlands, their are not any fruit flies in Tasmania, the weather is better too! Whatcha think?" Wanna? Wanna?

My husband spent several months in Oz West side trip. Never been myself but would love love love to go.

Katrina - posted on 08/28/2011

It's a bit drastic, but you could always move to Tasmania!! We don't have any at all :) (Not sure about the rest of Australia but here we don't) Lol.

Jurnee - posted on 08/28/2011

Great advice! I can't stand the little buggers.

Katherine - posted on 08/28/2011

Good because those things are NASTY and pesky.

Angela - posted on 08/28/2011

well I bought the citrus dish soap and will put the bowls out tonight, but the one application of bleach down the drain helped a lot

Katherine - posted on 08/28/2011

I can't stand them either. I like Carolee's solution. It sounds like it will attract and kill them.

Angela - posted on 08/28/2011

I did the drains too! just that alone was a huge help, gonna do it weekly for sure. Now for the vinegar...Thanks Tah great advice!

Angela - posted on 08/26/2011

I can't put all my fruit in the fridge or i would except some.. yeah I hate Bananas in the fridge too...

I live in The Netherlands, most European fridges including mine at the moment is the size of a double hotel mini fridge with not any freezer. I have separate freezer. So I do not have room for a large bag of apples at all it would take up almost the an entire shelf and I only have two :) 3 if you include the little mini veg drawer.

I plan on getting what they call an American fridge soon oh I can't wait!

Carolee - posted on 08/26/2011

Bananas are disgusting if you put them in the fridge (IMO)...

Christy - posted on 08/26/2011

Put fruit in fridge.

Carolee - posted on 08/26/2011

I did the bleach thing last night. I was amazed by the difference. Thank you. In combo with the vinegar thing, I think we're almost rid of those annoying little pests! Yay!!!

Tah - posted on 08/26/2011

Yeah I have 3 full bathrooms and during the summer the kids baths don't get used to much, so he told me still once a week run the water in the bathrooms a little and to put the bleach down the sink in the kitchen..

Angela - posted on 08/26/2011

Thanks all! I am going to try all the tips today! I do have a lot of hanging house plants in my window in my kitchen...I have to get rid of them they are invading! I open my trash and like 15 fly out! So off to the store to get lemon dish soap, and I already got bleach and vinegar. So I am going to start with the drain.
I declare war on the Fruit Flies! I will let you know how it goes after I get back from the battle field. :)

Amber - posted on 08/25/2011

I'd been wondering this too! I tried the bleach thing, and it helped. They never came back after that...I was grateful.

Tah - posted on 08/25/2011

Maintenance said they come up through pipes ewww...

Kim - posted on 08/25/2011

I've always been told that they come from the soil of plants. Try watering your plants with soapy dishwater and it might help as well.

Tah - posted on 08/25/2011

Put little cups of vinegar and dish detergent around and it helps a lot but heat works the best is putting bleach down your drains every night..trust me, you will notice a difference the next day...

Ashley - posted on 08/25/2011

I have tried that before and it actually does help alot

Carolee - posted on 08/25/2011

I actually have a simple recipe that works wonders! Find a cup or small container that you don't want anymore (or are okay with dead fruit flies being in). Fill it half way with vinegar. Add one squirt of citrus-scented (liquid) dish soap. Leave it open on the counter until they all crawl in there and die. They're attracted to the citrus scent, and the vinegar kills them. I do a refill/refresh once a week.

Ashley - posted on 08/25/2011

if you figure it out let me know .. they seem to be all over my place