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How to Get Rid of Fruit Flies?

Siya by Siya
January 13, 2024
in Lifestyle
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How to Get Rid of Fruit Flies

Let’s be real, those buzzing and annoying little fruit flies can be an eyesore. You just don’t want them near your face, and especially when you are cooking a lovely dinner. In fact, you don’t want them to disturb you at the breakfast table. It can be a hectic challenge to get rid of them from your house. Shooing them isn’t the only solution. You need a proper plan, a long-term solution. Well, there are some simple yet effective tricks that can help you with the fruit fly’s problem. Give this article a read, if you want to get rid of those pesky bugs and eat your dinner peacefully.

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  • Here Are Some Nice Ways You Can Say Goodbye to Fruit Flies
    • 1. Cleaning the Surface
    • 2. Throw All the Rotting Food
      • 3. You Can Also Use Apple Cider Vinegar
    • 4. You can Also Mix Apple Cider Vinegar with Dish Soap
      • 5. Making A Nice DYI With Paper Cone, Vinegar, And Old Fruit
    • 6. Trying Wine or Beer
    • 7. Chemical Fruit-fly Spray

Here Are Some Nice Ways You Can Say Goodbye to Fruit Flies

Here Are Some Nice Ways You Can Say Goodbye to Fruit Flies

First of all, they are easily attracted to ripe, rotting, or even decayed fruits. Moreover, they also love the smell of beer, liquor, and wine. So, you can try to make a nice fruit fly trap for them. It will be difficult for them to get out of those traps.

In addition, you will see them buzzing and flying about near the trash can. So, maintaining a hygienic level is of utmost importance. Let’s find out what you can do to make them slip away.

1. Cleaning the Surface

Well, that’s perhaps the simplest of methods to get rid of those pesky bugs. So, you can start removing all the countertops and keep the sinks free of food residuals. Moreover, it’s important to keep all the utensils clean. Otherwise, those pesky bugs will come again to haunt your house. In fact, they can breed profusely if you don’t keep the areas clean.

2. Throw All the Rotting Food

Cleaning the Surface

If your table has ripe fruits or food which has been rotting for some time now, it’s time to say goodbye. Throw them out and check other food on the table. In fact, it’s important to remove any bad-looking fruits from the table, as female fruit flies will lay eggs on these surfaces.

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3. You Can Also Use Apple Cider Vinegar

You can also make fly traps to get rid of them. So, are you wondering how to make a fruit fly trap? It’s really simple. All you’ve got to do is to fill a bowl or a glass with fresh apple cider vinegar.

Thereafter, you need to cover it with plastic wrap and seal the edges of the bowl with a rubber band. Then, you need to poke a few holes on top of the surface.

If you do these steps, the smell of the vinegar will attract the fruit flies. Once they go inside, it’d be tough for them to come out of the wrap barrier. This is a cool and effective trick you can use right away.

4. You can Also Mix Apple Cider Vinegar with Dish Soap

You Can Also Use Apple Cider Vinegar

There’s another thing you can do to make a cool fruit fly trap. Mix a drop of dish soap in the bowl of apple cider vinegar. In this way, the sweetness of the vinegar will attract the bugs. However, the dish soap will work to decrease the surface tension of the vinegar. It will become unable to escape the unique solution.

5. Making A Nice DYI With Paper Cone, Vinegar, And Old Fruit

It’s time to make a nice and simple DYI Fruit fly trap.  So, you can start with placing vinegar and a chunk of ripe fruit in a jar. Thereafter, roll an A4 size paper into a cone and stick it inside the jar. The narrow part of the paper should be inside.

In this way, the enticing smell of the vinegar and ripe fruit will attract the nasty flies. However, it will become a bit tough for them to get out.

6. Trying Wine or Beer

Trying Wine or Beer

If you can’t do the above solutions, you can also use wine or beer, as the smell of fine wine attracts them too. Try to leave out a bottle of wine or beer open, with a little liquid. So, this way, the flies may not be able to leave the thin neck of the bottle.

7. Chemical Fruit-fly Spray

If these organic fruit fly trap doesn’t work, then it’s time to use some strong measures. You can buy fruit fly spray from a shop and use it. There are a lot of options available in the market that can be used to deal with these pests.

We know how frustrating those fruit flies can be. Though it’s important to keep our space clean and healthy, there are times when we need to take drastic measures against them. So, hope you liked the above tips and tricks to get rid of them.

Also read: 8 Bathroom Cleaning Tips | A Clean and Healthy Bathroom

Tags: Dry Fruit Fly TrapFruit FliesFruit Fly TrapHow to Make A Fruit Fly Trap
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I have touched many lives in the last two years after I decided to become a freelance writer. Sharing a story is sharing a part of life and making your life bigger. Thus I became a writer and have become a better person as I also get parts of others' lives and we all grow together as a community, through the enticing writings.

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