Did the fruit flies beat you to the fruit bowl? Once they settle in, these uninvited guests know how to overstay their welcome. Here are a few quick, easy and environmentally friendly ways to rid your home of those pesky fruit flies.
Remove the food source and breeding areas. Fruit flies have a life-cycle of 10 days, giving them plenty of time to punish you for leaving moist, fermenting, organic material in which they may lay eggs. Most fly trap ideas only serve to illustrate the flies' progress in taking over your home, and some will themselves provide a breeding ground. Sanitation is the only effective resolution. Address these frequent problem spots:
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- Wash all dishes. Clear the drains.
- Launder the dishrags, or at least wash them thoroughly with soap, rinse them well and wring them dry before hanging them up (don't leave them in the sink).
- Store trash in a covered bin.
- Do not toss food garbage into waste-paper baskets.
- Cover your fruit bowl or store fruit you wish to keep in the refrigerator. Also, raisins, dates and prunes are favorite attractants.
- Use or discard all overripe fruit.
- Clean opened containers of fruit juice, fermented or vinegar products, for example ketchup, siracha or cooking wine. Seal them well. Keep these in the refrigerator if possible.
- Wipe up crumbs and spills from your cabinets, counter and floor.
- Take out all trash--do not re-use the plastic liner garbage bags.
- Clean the seals of your refrigerator door, the top and under the fridge, especially clean the evaporation pan if it has one.
- Clean under and around your dishwasher and stove.
- Dump mop water, clean the pail, launder the mop rag.
- Remove damp lint from the laundry room.
- Take out your compost and keep your collection bin covered and food additions to your pile buried beneath yard waste.
- Do not use manure, beer or rank water for fertilizer near the house.
- Use screens for your doors and windows.
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