Saturday, November 14, 2009

Drosophila

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Fruit flies. Ugh. I hope you don't have a problem with them too. Sure, we need to eat our bananas a little faster but sheesh! It doesn't take long for these fruit decomposers to make some friends. They can lay up to 20 eggs a day! No fair.

Well, if you do have a problem with them maybe you can try this homemade fly trap. Mix a cup or two of apple cider vinegar and a few squirts of dish detergent in a glass jar. Put some plastic wrap on the top and poke some holes in the top. Shake up the jar a little bit to make some fly trapping bubbles and there you have it.

Or, if your trap isn't working fast enough and the flies are REALLY getting on your nerves....you can fire up the vacuum. :)

2 comments:

Ryan + Jess said...

I hate fruit flies too. Annoying.

Crystal said...

We put the bananas themselves into a big enough glass vase and did the saran wrap thing and put it up high enough so we wouldn't have to look at it. It cleared all flies out within a couple of days.