Help...to rid Fruit Flies

[OLDERME]

How do you get rid of the little beggars. I have scrubbed, cleaned sprayed. Nothing, but nothing seems to help. Any advice, tips, old wives tales, please.

They are relentless this year. And “fruit” flies feels like a total misnomer now as they appear not to discriminate against any food anymore 🙄

You can get little bottles that stick to the wall from Amazon. They drown in the liquid.

Mix some vinegar, washing up liquid and water together in a mug. Put cling film over the top and poks some holes in with a pen. X2

Leave for 48 hours. Thank me in 49 hours.

I tried that the buggers didn't fall for it.
Wine of any kind though!!!!

I feel your pain. It feels as jf they have mutated and are abnormally strong as well as long lifed. The ones in my kitchen won’t die.

They are everywhere this year, something about the weather, maybe it was that the weather was consistently hot all summer rather than intermittently hot I think? I read the explanation then promptly forgot it.

It sounds obvious but the clue is in the name. Avoid having any fruit out. Especially Bananas!!!
Put bleach or boiling water or other stuff down drains to kill eggs. (Yes I know boiling water meant to wreck your pipes but I do it anyway)

I bought clear sticky film that you stick to your window, it’s almost transparent but ‘collects’ the flies. I’ve also heard about treating kitchen drains.

It has to be cider vinegar. There are other wee beasties called fungus gnats which looks similar to fruit flies. However they're not easily persuaded!

Get drain cleaner and pour that down, and then make sure you never leave food or drinks or dirty plates around and that the bin is kept shut. They living ones will give up then and leave. Drain cleaner is most important though.

Earlier in the summer I bought these: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Super-Ninja-Ecological-Environmentally-Responsible/dp/B0963J155G
and they had no noticeable effect and there were still just as many flies.

Then a few weeks later I bought these https://www.amazon.co.uk/Zero-Fruit-Fly-Trap-Ready-Baited/dp/B0DC13BHGX and the fruit flys just vanished within a few days.

Could have just been the change in the weather of course.

In between, I tried spraying them with fly spray but I didn't have my glasses on and it turned out to be tent-fabric re-waterproofing spray. That was also unsuccessful.

I bought some cider vinegar, filled a cup with it, put cling film over the top and poked holes in. It got rid of them. I did feel mean but I’m not sure there’s another way :/

Put a little bowl of red wine vinegar mixed with washing up liquid out. They just land in it and can't get out.

Put bleach down your sink in room with fruit flies - and leave overnight

Are you sure they’re not fungus gnats in any plants you have?

if you put a layer of gravel on the top of any indoor plants they can’t access the compost and lay their eggs

Buy a beer. Pour it into a glass or jug. Add 2tbsp vinegar and a squirt of washing up liquid.

Youll soon have a glass of dead fruit flies.

How interesting, been in my new home 5 years and this summer was the first time ever I’ve had the buggers floating around my home! Prior to that never had even one! PS still a few hanging around now also 😬

Ninja traps from Amazon worked for me.

It needs to be a fermented sort of vinegar like apple cider or brown.

Ugh we had so many for a few weeks recently. So depressing. I tried all the usual Mumsnet & Google recs and what worked was:

• fly spray at close range whenever I saw any of the fuckers
• keep fruit in the fridge/don’t buy any for a few weeks
• food waste bin outside only
• washing bananas when they arrived in the house

Seemed to break the cycle!

Grab a jar. Pout in some Apple cider vinegar. Stretch cling film over the top and poke tiny holes in the film with a needle. Leave on a shelf or near fruit bowl

I found balsamic vinegar was the most effective last year. This year they are more persistent, and as soon as I kill one another appears.

leave red wine out.

Old fruit in an old bowl, cover tightly with plastic wrap. Poke some holes in plastic. They go in and can’t get out. Wait a few days. Put bowl in plastic bag, tie off and bin outside. This worked for me when apple cider vinegar, wine, and all the other methods failed.

They’re driving me mad, they love red wine, sure I’ve drank a few. The cider vinegar was a success as lots of bodies but the clever ones ignored it.