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Beau Peep Notice Board => Outpourings => Topic started by: Diane CBPFC on September 28, 2016, 05:35:36 AM
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I have a mini composting bucket with lid in my kitchen that has been taken over by fruit flies - even though I keep spraying them. I feel like Egon when cooking in the kitchen now - quite embarrassing .
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Yes, it does.
But seriously, don't tell Tarks. He hates flies. I had the same problem with my outside bin. I had to pressure wash it in the end.
Put a banana skin in a plastic sandwich bag, let the flies congregate inside, then close the top and squash. Repeat as required.
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Put a banana skin in a plastic sandwich bag, let the flies congregate inside, then close the top and squash. Repeat as required.
It's called a Mince Smoothie.
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And, yes - I utterly detest flies. They don't even have to be plural.
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A top-tip to get rid of flies from the kitchen: Keep a bucket of sh*t in the living room.
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Ah! Keep it in a bucket! Damn my hastiness!
:-[
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I have a mini composting bucket with lid in my kitchen that has been taken over by fruit flies - even though I keep spraying them. I feel like Egon when cooking in the kitchen now - quite embarrassing .
Drosophila Melanogaster.
Sadly after 30ish years, I still remember their Latin name. We used to anaesthetise them and look at them under a microscope, in Biology. Fun times.
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Walking around and clapping a lot is a symptom on fruit flies.
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A top-tip to get rid of flies from the kitchen: Keep a bucket of sh*t in the living room.
That is an innovative type of solution so often missing from the world today.