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Title: Fruit Flies
Post by: Diane CBPFC on September 28, 2016, 05:35:36 AM
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 .
Title: Re: Fruit Flies
Post by: Mince on September 29, 2016, 01:42:56 PM
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.
Title: Re: Fruit Flies
Post by: Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on September 29, 2016, 03:02:23 PM
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.
Title: Re: Fruit Flies
Post by: Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on September 29, 2016, 03:04:04 PM
And, yes - I utterly detest flies. They don't even have to be plural.
Title: Re: Fruit Flies
Post by: Rob Baker on September 29, 2016, 06:38:13 PM
A top-tip to get rid of flies from the kitchen:    Keep a bucket of sh*t in the living room.
Title: Re: Fruit Flies
Post by: Sandy Buttcheeks on September 30, 2016, 12:40:33 AM
Ah! Keep it in a bucket! Damn my hastiness!

 :-[
Title: Re: Fruit Flies
Post by: Sandy Buttcheeks on September 30, 2016, 12:44:07 AM
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.
Title: Re: Fruit Flies
Post by: Mince on October 05, 2016, 06:27:42 PM
Walking around and clapping a lot is a symptom on fruit flies.
Title: Re: Fruit Flies
Post by: Diane CBPFC on October 05, 2016, 07:49:13 PM
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.