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Fruit Flies - 10/18/2007 6:41:57 PM   
Aileen68


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Status: offline 		Does anyone know how to get rid of fruit flies?  I know I could google it, but this way (ie asking all of you freaks) is much more fun.
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RE: Fruit Flies - 10/18/2007 7:05:35 PM   
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As tiny as fruit flies are those electric fly swatters work pretty well on them (the model I have does at least). Just sort of gently sweep the air in their vicinity and listen for the teltale snap.

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RE: Fruit Flies - 10/18/2007 7:08:38 PM   
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Status: offline 		Take out the trash, clean up anything that they might eat (and they eat more than fruit) and sterilize your plumbing drains, either with bleach or with alcohol. The little buggars seem to like whatever they find down the drain, bathroom as well as kitchen.

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RE: Fruit Flies - 10/18/2007 7:10:47 PM   
Aileen68


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Status: offline 		Aha...I didn't thinkof the drains.  I'll try that since I've become really diligent about any food on the counters.

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RE: Fruit Flies - 10/18/2007 7:20:19 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Aileen68

Does anyone know how to get rid of fruit flies?  I know I could google it, but this way (ie asking all of you freaks) is much more fun.


Remember, time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana.

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RE: Fruit Flies - 10/18/2007 7:39:16 PM   
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Status: offline 		bleach the drains, cover anything liquid/sweet/trash. A way to catch and kill the live ones is to cover a shallow glass of red wine with plastic wrap, and poke holes into the wrap, large enough for them to get through. They get in, but can't get out.

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RE: Fruit Flies - 10/18/2007 7:39:28 PM   
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For some odd reason commercial bug killers don't seem to work. I have always thought its a drain thing too but I know one thing.....
The frost is coming.... That will kill the pestilence until next spring!

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RE: Fruit Flies - 10/18/2007 7:50:15 PM   
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Status: offline 		You could give them names and try to think of them as (eccentric) pets.

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RE: Fruit Flies - 10/18/2007 8:04:11 PM   
Owner59


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1st,get rid of the supper ripe food you have,all of it.(they come from the skin of the fruit,especially bananas)

Then start w/ a sticky strip or one of those sticky ribbons.Maybe a couple.

Next,during the course of a few days,spray them as they cluster(they tend to cluster),with some Windex.Put the nozzle tip as fine as it will spray.As they die,wipe them up.Come back in a hour,and repeat.

They`ll be gone in a couple/three days.

Rotate your fruit/veggies more often,and throw skins and peals out(out-side) ,every evening.

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RE: Fruit Flies - 10/18/2007 8:07:26 PM   
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You could give them names and try to think of them as (eccentric) pets.


Hahaha   I'll call them Pepe, Petey and Paul.

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RE: Fruit Flies - 10/18/2007 8:13:47 PM   
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they thrive in the half beer-half goober backwash that is left behind.


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RE: Fruit Flies - 10/18/2007 8:20:25 PM   
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ORIGINAL: xoel

bleach the drains, cover anything liquid/sweet/trash. A way to catch and kill the live ones is to cover a shallow glass of red wine with plastic wrap, and poke holes into the wrap, large enough for them to get through. They get in, but can't get out.


(shallow glass of red wine with plastic wrap)


"Fruit Fly Motel"

They check in,but they don`t check out...

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RE: Fruit Flies - 10/18/2007 8:36:58 PM   
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Does anyone know how to get rid of fruit flies? 


Run into your local gay club screaming, "They're all straight Ladies"!

chia* (the pet)

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RE: Fruit Flies - 10/18/2007 8:41:50 PM   
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RE: Fruit Flies - 10/18/2007 8:42:34 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Aileen68

Does anyone know how to get rid of fruit flies? 


Run into your local gay club screaming, "They're all straight Ladies"!

chia* (the pet)


And you know this from personal experience, I assume???  

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RE: Fruit Flies - 10/18/2007 8:43:57 PM   
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or my fav let a few spiders in


Oh no no no no no.

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RE: Fruit Flies - 10/18/2007 8:48:03 PM   
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Just pig out on a bunch of watermelon, open the oven door, set the rines hear the back wait 1 day, slam the door shut, set the temp to 350 and cook till well done :)

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RE: Fruit Flies - 10/18/2007 10:04:33 PM   
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RE: Fruit Flies - 10/18/2007 10:53:26 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Aileen68

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ORIGINAL: chiaThePet

quote:

ORIGINAL: Aileen68

Does anyone know how to get rid of fruit flies? 


Run into your local gay club screaming, "They're all straight Ladies"!

chia* (the pet)


And you know this from personal experience, I assume???  


Well, three failed attempts;

First time I ran in, a group of hefty, semi feminine individuals in heavy make-up,
kept grabbing me and plopping me on their heads, teasing my fur into all sorts
of fabulous hairstyles.

Second time, as I waited in line to make my move, a herd of hysterical peta
pushers threw buckets of tomato sauce on me while chanting, "No fur, no fur"!

My third attempt found me swept up by the scruff of my collar by a burley
bouncer as he grimaced and shoved my face into the "No Pets Allowed" sign.

Undeterred, I rally forth, someday to rid the world of the pesky fruit fly.

chia* (the pet)

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RE: Fruit Flies - 10/18/2007 10:55:10 PM   
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