Fruit flies: A trap that really works.

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So many threads on fruit flies! Boring, I know!.
Just wanted to say there IS a trap that works, but it's not available in the UK as far as I can tell. I used to use it in Germany and it was a mircale: flies reduced by about 95%.

It's available on amazon.de and I ordered it to Ireland. You have to pay postage, obviously, to the UK. Here is a link: www.amazon.de/-/en/Fruit-Flies-Lebendfalle-trapango-%C2%AE/dp/B010O52076/ref=sr_1_6?crid=1870VUHHCYAU2&dchild=1&keywords=trapango+fruchtfliegenfalle&qid=1600526322&sprefix=trapango%2Caps%2C161&sr=8-6

I bought a pretty ceramic one in the UK for about £18 and it was useless: a few flies went in, but they crawled out again! This one traps them really; it isn't pretty as it's plastic, but it works.

The alternative is to vacuum them, but you have to keep the vacuum out and repeat every hour because more come.

I tried to upload a video of my trap full of flies crawling but it didn't upload and anyway, it's a bit off-putting! The photo on the amazon add is accurate, just imagine them all crawling around. Ugh.
My good deed for the day.

It's called Trapango and this is their website. In German, naturally, but with nice photos! :) Of fruit flies!

www.trapango.com/home/

I’ve never ever found a bloody trap that worked. Thanks for this!

All you need to do is put out a shallow dish of apple juice and wait for the flies to drown in it.

If it was so easy why are there 10+ threads on here about how to get rid of them?

I use cider vinegar with a dash of washing up liquid (to break the surface tension) I've drowned hundreds of the little b*s this summer. You can buy fruit fly traps in Robert Dyas, but it gets a bit expensive.