Julia Altshuler wrote:
>
> The summer joy of summer fruits has brought us a summer fruit fly
> problem. We used to be in the habit of leaving peaches and pears in a
> bowl on the counter to ripen. Now everything is in the refrigerator.
> The counter tops and sinks are scrubbed to unusually clean. Glasses of
> orange juice used to get a quick rinse before being put in the
> dishwasher. Now they're getting washed thoroughly, THEN put in the
> dishwasher. The garbage has a plastic liner and is behind a closet
> door. The fruit flies aren't gathering there.
>
> And still the fruit flies persist. It's gotten to where we can't drink
> a glass of wine with dinner without them hovering. If we forget to wash
> the glass, they're all over it when we turn our backs.
>
> We're starting to suspect the garbage disposal, but we've been rinsing
> it appropriately.
>
> Would vacuuming the AIR do any good? Naturally, we're not big on
> poisons. Fly paper?
>
> It makes sense that they're outside, but what's bringing them inside?
> (The windows have screens, but we all know how much good those do.)
> (Jim suggested that they've been evolving to find sweets longer than
> we've been evolving to do away with fruit flies.)
>
> Help!
>
> --Lia

Make a 'fruit fly trap'. Basically, place a funnel inside a glass
that's baited with favorite choice of fruit (juice). Secure the edges
of the glass around the funnel. Make sure the bottom of the funnel is a
couple or three inches above the bait. The flies will go through the
funnel to get the bait, but they won't be able to escape. Hope this
makes sense.

Sky, who's dealing with FFs too

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