How to Get Rid of Fruit Flies
Choose a tall jar, wine bottle, old soda bottle or vase to serve as the base of the trap.. Add fruit fly bait.. Roll a piece of paper to create a funnel and put it on the container.
Steps
Choose a tall jar, wine bottle, old soda bottle or vase to serve as the base of
Choose a tall jar, wine bottle, old soda bottle or vase to serve as the base of the trap.
Add fruit fly bait.
Add fruit fly bait.
Roll a piece of paper to create a funnel and put it on the container.
Roll a piece of paper to create a funnel and put it on the container.
Set the trap in a fruit fly-infested area.
Set the trap in a fruit fly-infested area.
Kill the trapped fruit flies.
Kill the trapped fruit flies.
Repeat until the trap remains empty.
Repeat until the trap remains empty.
Start by getting a large or medium bowl.
Start by getting a large or medium bowl.
Add sweet bait to the bottom of a medium or large bowl.
Add sweet bait to the bottom of a medium or large bowl.
Cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap.
Cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap.
Poke numerous small holes in the plastic with a fork or another implement.
Poke numerous small holes in the plastic with a fork or another implement.
Set the trap in a fruit fly-infested area and leave the trap out overnight.
Set the trap in a fruit fly-infested area and leave the trap out overnight.
Dispose of the trapped fruit flies.
Dispose of the trapped fruit flies.
Get two glass jars.
Get two glass jars.
Put some fruit scraps, such as rinds or peels, into each jar as bait.
Put some fruit scraps, such as rinds or peels, into each jar as bait.
Discard the jar lids.
Discard the jar lids.
Press down in the middle of the plastic wrap with your fingertip.
Press down in the middle of the plastic wrap with your fingertip.
Poke a roughly 1 mm hole into the center of the dents.
Poke a roughly 1 mm hole into the center of the dents.
Wait for flies to be trapped.
Wait for flies to be trapped.
Make fruit fly spray.
Make fruit fly spray.
Use pyrethrin spray.
Use pyrethrin spray.
Treat your drain with gel.
Treat your drain with gel.
Try a professional-grade treatment.
Try a professional-grade treatment.
Figure out where they're breeding.
Figure out where they're breeding.
Store your produce carefully.
Store your produce carefully.
Wash your waste receptacles.
Wash your waste receptacles.
Clean your drain.
Clean your drain.
Throw out other potential breeding sources.
Throw out other potential breeding sources.
Wipe down the surfaces in your kitchen.
Wipe down the surfaces in your kitchen.
Inspect fruit that you bring into your kitchen.
Inspect fruit that you bring into your kitchen.
Keep a maintenance trap near your fruit bowl.
Keep a maintenance trap near your fruit bowl.
Use screens to cover your doors and windows.
Use screens to cover your doors and windows.
Deal with outdoor fruit fly attractants.
Deal with outdoor fruit fly attractants.
Deter fruit flies with essential oils.
Deter fruit flies with essential oils.
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