How To Get Rid Of Fruit Flies: Fast And Easy

So summers are here! And with the heat of summers comes a huge variety of super juicy, sweet and tasty fruits! But wait, you’re not the only one to enjoy the sweetness of the fruits, some unwanted creatures are ready to invade your kitchens and make your environment really unpleasant, they are fruit flies!

So here we have framed this article to let you know the means of how to get rid of fruit flies.

What Are Fruit Flies?

• Fruit flies are a common species of domestic flies which usually occur in the summers.
• These flies are attracted to sweet produce like ripe fruits, therefore can be found in areas where fruits and sweets are easily available.
• The best identification feature of the flies is their black rear portion and huge red eyes.
• They tend to breed and lay their eggs near fermenting food stuff or drains.
• The fruit flies can lay up to 500 eggs per cycle.
• Their complete lifecycle usually extends to around a week.

How To Get Rid Of Fruit Flies In The House:

APPLE CIDER VINEGAR TRAP:

• Since Fruit Flies lack in resisting the fermentation smell, therefore we would be first experimenting with an apple cider vinegar trap.

• For this you will be needing:

• For your trap to work even better, try heating the vinegar so that the irresistible fragrance of the vinegar eradicates.
• Take the jar, and pour in the apple cider vinegar by heating it first.
• Remember, the vinegar should be deep enough, that could easily serve the purpose of drowning the flies.
• Add just a little bit of dishwashing soap into the vinegar, a drop or two will work.
• This would help breaking the vinegar’s surface tension and the flies would not be able to fly away once they’re done.
• Place the funnel. Or you can even create your own funnel by rolling a paper and fitting it into the mouth of the jar.
• Once the flies enter the funnel, the moment they would reach the bottom of the funnel, they would be able to escape and would die.
• If you want to tempt the flies even more, you can add the overripe fruit which would eventually breakdown. However this step is totally optional, you won’t complaint even after skipping this step!

How To Get Rid Of Fruit Flies In The Kitchen:

NATURAL FLY SPRAY:

• Wouldn’t it be great if you get something really easy to try so as to kill those daunting flies? For such purposes what else can be better than a homemade fly spray?
• Things required:

• Start by boiling the water.
• Once the water gets boiled, mix both the ingredients in equals such that the proportion becomes 1:1.
• Flies tend to breed in dirt especially in drains therefore run the boiling mixture in the required areas.

How To Get Rid Of Fruit Flies Fast:

DISH SOAP AND WATER:

• For this you will be needing:

• Start by boiling the water.
• By the time water gets boiled make some dish soap water.
• Mix both the ingredients.
• Simply flush the water where the flies are prominent.
• The soapy water won’t let the flies to fly away, and thus will drown and die.

MILK, BLACK PEPPER AND SUGAR:

• This technique has been regarded as one of the best techniques to get rid of those nasty fruit flies.
• The technique originated New England in 1850s and ever since has never failed to kill those fruit flies!
• Things required:

• First assemble all the ingredients together.
• Next mix them together in a saucepan and start simmering it for around 10 minutes.
• Take some shallow dishes and pour little bit of the mixture in each of the dishes.
• Place the dishes where the flies are prominent.
• The essence generated by the mixture suffocates the flies and eventually drowns them!

Home Remedies To Get Rid Of Fruit Flies:

WINE BOTTLE TRAP:

• Human’s usually get intoxicated and risk their lives, so why not to try a similar technique with the annoying flies too?
• Alright it might sound weird, like an intoxicated fly, hovering around us, but this is a trap which can make you free of these nasty flies!

• If red wine is not available you can use a pinch of balsamic or a red wine vinegar.
• Do not drink or thrown away the left over wine, just place the bottle somewhere that the wine gets nicely settled at the bottom of the jar.
• The flies would het attracted to it, and merely by its fragrance would get intoxicated and eventually die!
• You can also exercise this technique by pouring the wine in a container and sealing the mouth with a plastic sheet.
• Next poke some holes so as to make some way for the flies to pass in.
• The flies would die!

Fruit jar trap:

• For capturing fruit flies, what else can be better to allure them, than what they are known to invade!!!
• For this you would be needing:

• Firstly, place pieces of extremely ripened fruit at the bottom of the jar.
• After that cover the mouth of the jar with the plastic sheet and secure it with a rubber band.
• Carefully start poking holes using a toothpick.
• Remember, neither too not make them too small, so that the flies could not enter the jar, nor to large that they could easily escape from the jar.
• Place the jar somewhere, where the annoying fruit flies are prominent.
• The fruit flies would then start entering the jar, however after entering they won’t be able to find a place to make an escape from.
• Once the jar if full of the flies, submerge in into the bucket of soapy water. And let it stay there for around ten minutes or more.
• The flies won’t ever come back!

So these were the fastest and easiest techniques you can use to eradicate these nasty creatures. We hope we helped you in getting rid of them!