Originally Posted by: elklandercc
I had a big fruit fly problem in my house this summer/fall and we put a few cups of wine here and there, the flies flew in the wine and drowned. So if you get fruit flies again, try that.

Yeah, I tried that. You get a whole bunch of em drowning.
Same thing with vinegar.
Unfortunately, they were so numerous it didn't make a difference.
One stupid thing I did was put a cob of corn in the microway to cook it.
I totally forgot it was there.
Three days later I opened the microwave and a whole swarm of em flew out.
Little bastards.

They're smart too. They can hide all day long. But the minute you start to make food, they're all over you.
I made a sandwich once and took it over to my living room coffee table.
I put it down for about 1 minute while I went back to the kitchen to get a drink.
I came back and there were about 5 fruit flies sitting on my sandwich..... blech.
It's amazing how they can stay hidden until they notice you're making food.


The moths are a pain too. They only like the dark. They fly around so that you see em flying in front of the TV screen but the second you put the light on they land and disappear.

I notice one thing... you can swat em with an open hand in the air and it breaks their wings. They can't get up again.... unfortunately they can still lay 500 eggs.