Fruitfly's, How does Oppo fight them?

"Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs" (yowen)
08/26/2014 at 16:21 • Filed to: None

I bought some stuff from amazon that they are supposed to go bananas for and will kill them, but it's catching nowhere near all of them :(

I've done a major cleaning of my kitchen and still seem to have them around :(

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DISCUSSION (22)

CalzoneGolem > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
08/26/2014 at 16:23

Bleach. Bleach everywhere.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
08/26/2014 at 16:24

Apple Cider Vinegar in a plain cup or a fly catcher:

Kinja'd!!!

Plug the top and they can get in to get the vinegar but can't get out.

Tohru > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
08/26/2014 at 16:27

I don't buy fruit.

/Scurvy

Do-Rif-To > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
08/26/2014 at 16:29

I use Raid flypaper strips to keep mine under control, it works pretty decently with one by the sink and one by the garbage. I tend to let mine build up for a while though but then you have to race to tear them down when Lady Friends come over. The bachelor apartment struggle.

jariten1781 > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
08/26/2014 at 16:30

http://www.amazon.com/Cy-Kick-Contro…

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This stuff kills everything. Flies, roaches, spiders, scorpions, whatever. As long as you're in a state where it's legal it's the best. It's the hydrogen bomb of indoor bug killing.

505Turbeaux > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
08/26/2014 at 16:34

Kinja'd!!!

this is the only thing I have used that works. simple and effective. And we have a dedicated fruit fly season here in maine.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > jariten1781
08/26/2014 at 16:35

looks scary, haha.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
08/26/2014 at 16:35

How do they get in if I plug the top?

ClassicDatsunDebate > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
08/26/2014 at 16:35

Vinegar in a small bowl. Shove all fruits in the fridge.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > 505Turbeaux
08/26/2014 at 16:37

Hmm, so they have a very hard time figuring out how to get out once they are in? Does it work with any kind of fruit? Are bananas best?

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
08/26/2014 at 16:38

I put a small bit of orange juice in a bottle, put saran wrap over the top an poke a small hole. They will be attracted to the sugar in the juice, go in through the hole, but because the hole is punctured from the outside in, they cant get back out again. Once you get them all, put the cap on the bottle and throw it away

duurtlang > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
08/26/2014 at 16:39

Use a cup with a fluid sugary substance with some fruit scraps inside, combined with a droplet of liquid soap to break the surface tension of the fluid causing the flies to drown.

I don't use a cup myself, I use a plastic bottle which I cut in half. I put all the stuff I described before in the bottom half and then put the top of the bottle on top, upside down. I leave a few centimeters between the cap opening of the bottle and the fluid, so the flies can fly inside but can't fly out.

505Turbeaux > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
08/26/2014 at 16:39

I just use sugar water or a sweet vinegar. Red wine works fine too.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > 505Turbeaux
08/26/2014 at 16:41

Hmm, I think I have some red wine that has gone past its delicious-date.

505Turbeaux > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
08/26/2014 at 16:42

try it. Doesnt cost anything in that case. also a tiny amount of dish detergent in the wine to break the surface tension so they actually drown is okay too

Little Black Coupe Turned Silver > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
08/26/2014 at 16:45

Yeah, they aren't smart.

I made a similar thing using a plastic bottle. Cut the bottle in half, fill the bottom with apple cider vinegar with a bit of dish soap. Then put the top back in the bottle upside down so it makes the funnel shape. They get stuck in the bottle and eventually will get into the vinegar and die.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
08/26/2014 at 16:48

The bottom has little feet on it and there's a hole in that part that juts up into the bottle.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > 505Turbeaux
08/26/2014 at 16:49

nice, duurtlang mentioned that trick as well.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Little Black Coupe Turned Silver
08/26/2014 at 16:50

Nice, all these tips, these fruitflies are so dead.

jariten1781 > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
08/26/2014 at 16:50

I got it when I lived in SC and there was a storm drain in the street out in front of my house that literally oozed with Palmetto Bugs. Sprayed around it one morning then went to check the next and... BAM bug graveyard. There were literally thousands of dead bug corpses.

Started doing around the foundation/fence and around the bottoms of trees outside and doing the floorboards/window sills inside and we'd have entire bug free summers (which is unheard of down there). No flies, no ticks, no spiders, nothing. It lasts a long time too...I did 1 oz per gallon (the most diluted it recommends) and that was good enough. Sprayed about once every 60 days.

Danimalk - Drives a Slow Car Fast > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
08/26/2014 at 16:55

I've seen a similar technique, where you cover the top of a jar with saran wrap and poke holes in the top with a toothpick.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
08/26/2014 at 16:59

Fire. Fire will kill them.