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Marthe48

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13. The vinegar works
Thu Jan 23, 2025, 11:27 PM
Jan 2025

or stale beer, or sweet pickle juice. Putting some bleach down your drain will help if they are drain flies. Rinsing your dishes will eliminate a food source.
I wash all of the fruits and vegetables I bring home, because even if you don't see the flies, there might be eggs on the produce and they hatch fast. If I see fruit flies in the produce section of a store, I buy produce somewhere else.
If I wash bananas, I lightly dry them, and put them in a rack to air dry a little more. Then I store them in the microwave or oven.
A last resort would be to put the wand on your vacuum and vacuum up as many as you can. My daughter gets cluster flies in the fall, and we all are pretty good at reducing the population in the house.

There are some things I don't like in the house and flies of any kind are No. 1 on the list.

Hope some of the advice helps.

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Do you flush your sink drain with vinigar or disinfectant? Lifeafter70 Jan 2025 #1
no, and that likely points out a flaw in my response Grasswire2 Jan 2025 #5
A jar with apple cider vinegar with holes poked thru the lid. Put jar by the infestating 24 hr later should Pisces Jan 2025 #2
Yes. This works exceptionally well. Id suggest adding a small amount, a few drops, of dish washing liquid to the vinegar CentralMass Jan 2025 #6
Wow, I wish I knew this last fall. Don't know why....no fruit exposed, just potato's/onions. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2025 #7
They like onions Marthe48 Jan 2025 #9
that was my very first action, weeks ago Grasswire2 Jan 2025 #14
Irish Spring soap.... Lovie777 Jan 2025 #3
If you have something like dixie cups or small containers, put CentralMass Jan 2025 #4
This worked great for me Native Jan 2025 #8
Hand vacuum cleaner Lulu KC Jan 2025 #10
Great suggestions I'm bookmarking kimbutgar Jan 2025 #11
I have a Zevo that takes care of all inside insects. You can sinkingfeeling Jan 2025 #12
Seconding this. July Jan 2025 #20
The vinegar works Marthe48 Jan 2025 #13
Bright yellow gnat/ fly traps - they work a lot better than regular fly strips. tulipsandroses Jan 2025 #15
I bought plug in UV traps. forgotmylogin Jan 2025 #16
dry ice Tetrachloride Jan 2025 #17
brussel sprouts made me laugh so hard I scared the cat Grasswire2 Jan 2025 #18
Boiling water or bleach down the drain. That is where they nest. Usually wipes them out in a couple of days. Midnight Writer Jan 2025 #19
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