There a few in my apartment and I don't know how to get rid of them. There's no food or anything sitting out, so I dunno what the hell they're feeding off of where they're reproducing. Is there some trap or fly-paper kinda stuff I can use to get rid of them?

9/6/2006 9:57:35 PM

fruit fly swatter

9/6/2006 9:59:26 PM

there's got to be something somewhere they are eating, otherwise they wouldn't be there. do you have any old potatoes? they looovvveee those.

9/6/2006 9:59:59 PM

let a bunch of frogs and snakes loose

9/6/2006 10:00:13 PM

make sure you dont have any smaller trashcans with stuff that have been sitting around for weeks/months (ie small trashcans in your room or the bathroom).

make sure you dont have a bunch of beer/wine bottles sitting around in your room or the kitchen. having microbrewery bottles sitting around is cliche, doesnt impress anyone, and only adds to the smell/insect problems.

9/6/2006 10:00:25 PM

yeah, i initially found them focused on my trash can a few days ago, and promptly took it out. there are a few that are lingering though. unless they're going after little pieces of food down in the disposal (which i may run bleach through to make sure) i dunno what they're feeding on

9/6/2006 10:02:01 PM

once you get rid of whatever they were eating they should die off after a week or so... they have a very short life span.

9/6/2006 10:41:12 PM

awesome.

my roommate comes back from a project in like a week and a half so i'm gonna have to keep things spic n span!!!

(coworkers loved the golf thing - couldn't believe they actually built the platform from scratch rather than using pallates though)

9/6/2006 10:44:24 PM

they love old beer, or anything with mold ... and of course, fruit

9/6/2006 10:44:25 PM

Check your sink drains

9/6/2006 10:52:03 PM

^ yeah, i have a sneaking suspicion there's something down there. that's why i was thinking of pouring bleach down it

9/6/2006 10:55:58 PM

having a similar issue over in college view appts -- any chance that is where you are staying?

9/6/2006 10:56:41 PM

send hot ass water down the drains, and close them

take out the trash



That has to solve it

9/6/2006 11:02:56 PM

dude, i have - like BobbyDigital said, those fuckers are persistent. i run hot water every time i see them near the sink, but they don't just sit there and wait for it - as soon as i get near them they're all airborne.

9/6/2006 11:06:39 PM

Fruit flies like a banana.

9/6/2006 11:19:08 PM

had some, took them all to work

9/6/2006 11:26:25 PM

take a 2L bottle, cut off the top, put 2 cups of water in, a few tablespoons of vinegar, a couple tablespoons of sugar (exact measuring not important), then a few drops of dish detergent........it solved our problem when we had fruit flies. leave it out for a few days at a time before changing it out because it takes the flies a while to get really interested in it

9/6/2006 11:29:20 PM

^ worked for me BIG time, after one night had 50 to 60 in the cup

9/6/2006 11:36:12 PM

Get a little glass jar, put a spoonful of jelly in it, and then make a little cone of paper or wax paper or something leading down into the jar, that's rolled up to have a wee little hole in the bottom, and tape the cone to the brim. They'll detect the jelly and crawl down into the jar, but then they won't be able to find the hole again to get out.

9/6/2006 11:38:05 PM

^,^^^ thanks guys, that's what i was looking for. when you do the 2L bottle thing do they just get trapped in the viscosity of the liquid, or what?

9/7/2006 8:22:22 AM

Quote :

"a few drops of dish detergent"

kills them dead

9/7/2006 8:46:46 AM