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Default Controlling fruit flies

On Dec 8, 9:25*am, Omelet > wrote:
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> *--Bryan > wrote:
> > On Dec 5, 8:48*pm, Omelet > wrote:
> > > After contending with small numbers of them for a long time, I finally
> > > seem to have gotten rid of the suckers. ;-) Trick was to totally
> > > eliminate ANYthing that could attract them!

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> > > So, steps I took:

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> > > NO food scraps of ANY kind (not even meat wrappers) go into the kitchen
> > > trash can.

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> > You had omnivorous fruit flies that liked meat.

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> > You know what is worse? drain flies:
> >http://www.westopthebugs.com/images/DrainFlyLg.jpg

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> > They live in and love sewage. *Nasty, nasty, nasty.

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> > > --
> > > Peace! Om

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> > --Bryan

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> I see those in the bathroom occasionally at work and kill any one I see.
> To date, I've never had them here. *I pour bleach solution down the sink
> overflow at work whenever they appear and that takes care of it.
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> Sometimes I have to do housekeepings job. ;-)


You Texans! You just can't STAND that the cockroaches in Hawaii might
be bigger than yours, can you?
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> Peace! Om


--Bryan