Fruit flies how to get rid of them

[sdc1110]

I have bleached my kitchen and drain there is no food on the top and still the little bastards are appearing.
How do you get rid of them please?

[callmeovercautious]

Do you have fruit in a bowl? Have the DC left banana skin somewhere? They have a very short life cycle so if you get rid of the fruit they are feeding on they will be gone in about a day.

Another thought - do you have a compost heap near the house? Ours is full of them atm. I just caught one taking a swim in my red wine

[BoysAreLikeDogs]

some remedies on Franny's recent thread

[rachelp73]

Oh yes, in our house they are known as wine flies, as christened by DH who becomes apopleptic when one of the blighters hovers near his wine glass. As soon as I see one (not very often), I immediately check the fruit bowl and lo and behold usually find a piece of fruit with an over-ripe or mouldy bit to it.

And god, after an experience on holiday of putting some peelings on a compost heap, I have vowed never to start my own off - I took the lid off, and I'm not messing, there seemed to be a solid mass of them hovering in the air. A storm cloud of fruit flies, it was. I was scared to breathe for fear of inhaling some. So disgusting.....