To ask how the f*ck do I deal with fruit flies?

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D*ckhead husband left some bananas out a few weeks ago while I was away for a few days and ever since we have been inundated with fruit flies.

Every inch of my kitchen has been cleaned, wiped, bleached to no avail. The little bin swarmy bastards keep coming back!!

What do I do? How do I get rid? Where have they had their swarmy bastard babies so I can go and kill them all too?!

One just flew in to my wine and I'm about to burn the house down 😬😭

The answer to where they come from is spontaneous generation. This has been known for at least 2000 years. Aristotle explained it well.

I have a TERRIBLE problem with the little fckers.

Dd1 has a box turtle and a Russian tortoise. As they eat fruit and generally make a mess in their tanks, I seem to have fruit flies all year.

Two weeks ago I found a fruit fly trap in the supermarket. Its about the size of a ping pong ball and shaped like an apple

It appears to work using pheromones, I put it next to the turtle tank in her room. My whole house emptied of fruit flies, havent seen one since. The pheromone tab lasts for 60 days and I got 2 with the trap and that only cost $5.

My fruit fly days appear to be over

If you recycle food waste indoors in a caddy then take a break from that for a while.

Make sure you have no cut flowers/vases until they are all gone as the congregate there too.Wipe bins out regularly and clean away any pupae you find.
Also yes to red wine and a little washing up liquid.

The best way is a bowl filled with malt vinegar. Cling film over the bowl with fork holes. Very effective.

We had a real problem with them last year (never did find out where they came from) and I tried lots of remedies. Most were the variations of that one ^ already mentioned on this thread - rotting fruit or white vinegar or vinegar mixed in a bowl with washing up liquid - but nothing works as well or quickly as just plain malt vinegar.

They can breed in your sink pipes. Since being careful to always keep the plug in the sink, we've had no problems with the little bastards.

The answer to where they come from is spontaneous generation. This has been known for at least 2000 years. Aristotle explained it well.

Sounds like something out of Dr Who!

We had this issue too! They are a nightmare!

No food out on surfaces and plenty of jars of apple cider vinegar and washing up liquid with cling film over pierced with little holes. Persist with it over a week or two.

No food recycling/waste inside.

We found out they had laid eggs in a rarely used damp sponge mop (not envy)
Apparently they love damp sponge so check you haven’t got any forgotten ones lying around.

Bizzarely I was painting my DDs bedroom the other day with a Matt emulsion paint and there was an almighty influx of fruit flies in the room, can only assume it was something in the paint attracting them. Squashed the ones I could catch and the rest seemed to go once the paint dried.

The cider or red wine vinegar trap does work well in my experience.

I've just ordered some carnivorous plants.
I've always wanted to see a venus fly trap in action.....

This year I got desperate and bought one of those blue neon fly-zapping devices that restaurant kitchens used. It seems to be working nicely.

Peppermint oil. A few drops here & there wherever you've the problem. Have tried other repellents mentioned here but the oil has been far & away the most effective. With reasonably frequent reapplication it's worked even on compost bins in hot weather.

What about a plague of DaddyLongLeg? I have thousands and they keep having babies.

Burn your house down