jakarta
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Little ********, zoom around in front of your face but won't hang around to be squished between your hands. 
[Help] Fruit Flies...
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It's been the year of the fruit fly this year, loads of the buggers
and slugs in the garden.
and slugs in the garden.
BBassic
I changed this.
- Jul 28, 2011
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Take a small glass, put a splash of red wine in, cover the glass with cling film, puncture the cling film with a few small holes (fork would do it)
Over the next few days the flies will find the wine, fly in through the holes but won't fly back out and will eventually drown in there.
Over the next few days the flies will find the wine, fly in through the holes but won't fly back out and will eventually drown in there.
Meade's Ball
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I'm no Miyagi, but i find it quite easy to clap my hands and squash such a small flappy bugger in mid-air. What i dislike about fruit flies is that the second one is pounded an identical clone fuit fly appears, hovering and drunkenly swaying like a moron.
AmexRuislip
Retired Spy 🕵️♂️
Little ********, zoom around in front of your face but won't hang around to be squished between your hands.
We have these at home after picking fruit from allotment.
Best method is to try and kill them with a piece of fruit, like an apple or something similar.
Works for us.
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
I refer you to a thread from yesterday:
https://nortr3nixy.nimpr.uk/showthread.php?t=389922
https://nortr3nixy.nimpr.uk/showthread.php?t=389922
US Seagull
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You can use vinegar instead of wine if you have it handy. You can also add a drop of dish soap. It'll break the surface tension and cause them to sink leading to a quicker drowning.
Used to get them in the bathroom (probably my fault - I had houseplants in there). This year I have a venus fly-trap in there. It's doing very nicely - and I have no fruit flies .................
