Eureka! I just discovered by accident how to get rid of fruit flies!!

Unions eh... I always used my vacuum cleaner sucking them into the vortex of dust...

Fruit flies hatch from eggs laid on the skins of fruit like bananas. To make sure that you don't "get them" when you buy bananas, just rinse the bananas under the tap, thoroughly. It knocks the eggs off and then if left in a fruit bowl or on a counter top until used, the bananas will not become a little fruit fly farm.

It works like a charm.

People think that fruit attracts the flies. It does. They love fermented sap, but they are actually present on the fruit in the form of tiny eggs when you buy it. My two cents worth.

fruit fly are one of the things that pop up out of No ware!
they live for 24 hours.
so how can they come back after a bad winter?

do they hibernate? ware do they hide?
and what do they eat in a bad winter?

I realy would like to know.
its not like you can put a tracker on one.
and the ones in a Lab dont get cold and no food.

a reply to: Kangaruex4Ewe

"used hooker's armpits..." too funny!

a reply to: ladyteeny

to get rid of gnats, put an inch of sand on top of the soil in your pot, works wonders

originally posted by: Silentc7
a reply to: ladyteeny

to get rid of gnats, put an inch of sand on top of the soil in your pot, works wonders

i'll give it a go, thanks!