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Fruit flies

The best way to get rid of fruit flies, is to fill up a cup with apple cider vinegar (other vinegar might work too) and put a sticky paper over the cup. Cut a little opening to attract the fruit flies. If you do not have a sticky paper that is designed to hold insects, use a plastic cup, put another on top and cut an opening on the top for the flies to crawl into. Then it's just patience. Red wine will work too.
Rating: 100% positive, 3 total Votes
Categories: Bugs pests
Added: on Sep 11, 2007 at 6:10 am
Added By: tnchandler

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sugar water too. If you put it in a bottle with a neck it is even better b/c they cant fly back up. They are a complete neusance and I had a million this summer until I realized the source was the disposal, not fruit! Lil baking soda helped!
– Added by an anonymous user on Sep 11, 2007 at 7:06 am
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