How to Get Rid of Fruit Flies without toxic chemicals!!

How to Get Rid of Fruit Flies!!
 
Ugh! Those disgusting fruit flies in your kitchen. They congregate around your fruit basket, your garbage and God only knows what they do on the fruit!! Well, I have a wonderful trick that will get rid of your fruit flies almost instantly!
 
To eliminate fruit flies, you will need the following:
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A little bowl and Apple cider vinegar and a drop of dish soap! I used Palmolive.
Instructions:
 
Fill the little bowl with apple cider vinegar so that the depth is approximately 1in/2.5cm. Drop 1 drop of any dishwashing liquid in.
 
Place the bowl(s) around your kitchen on the countertop or under the sink, any where you sees fruit flies.
 
This trap will start working immediately. The flies will be attracted to the scent of the apple cider vinegar. As you can see in the pic I have a few captured already!!

I do a similar thing with a bottle and a small paper or plastic funnel. They crawl down and can't find their way out.

Get rid of the fruit!   

Sorry just in a funny mood!!!

I smash them with a newspaper.

Goldie you stole my thunder was gonna say the same thing when I read the topic and saw you beat me to it  

Ok Saint...great minds think alike.   :spring3: 

I"ll provide some constructive advice. What my dad used to do (and he grew pears and peaches on our farm) is wrap each peach or pear individually and put them in a basket or bushel basket. The stored this in the basement or cold cellar area. They kept fresh longer and no bugs.

On the other hand if you encourage and trap them, you have a ready source of protein ... pickled fruit flies ... YUM!          

It’s one thing to know how to kill fruit flies quickly, but what’s even more important is knowing how to prevent fruit flies from infesting your house in the first place. Today, I’m going to tell you how to do both…naturally.
If you’ve ever had fruit flies in your kitchen, you know they breed at unbelievable speed. There’s a myth that they live and die in the span of 24 hours, but actually the life cycle of a fruit fly can be over two weeks, and some species live several months! During that time, each female can lay over 100 eggs per day! Imagine if you have a suitable breeding ground for four females in your kitchen. At 100 eggs per day after they’re old enough to breed — usually when they’re three days old — you’re looking at thousands of fruit flies in your home!

Kill Fruit Flies Because They’re Gross
Fruit flies don’t just eat your food, they also carry disease. If you have a cat litter box in your home, you’ve probably seen a few flitting about when you’ve gone to scoop kitty’s business. You’ll find them near bathroom and kitchen drains, too, as well as around toilets and other sources of water.
Now, guess where they’re headed next? To their favorite breeding grounds: your food! In addition to all of the places just mentioned, females also love to burrow into your fruit, vegetables or any other food left on the counter. Once cozy, they get to laying their eggs. And guess where those eggs are going to end up? That’s right: if you’re not careful, you’ll eat them.
If that sounds unappealing to you (and it certainly sounds disgusting to me!) then you need to take action the instant you spy a fruit fly flitting around your house.
How To Kill Fruit Flies With A Trap
One of the easier ways to kill fruit flies is to bait them into a bowl filled with liquid. I’ve used several different kind of these traps. Here are the three I’ve found most successful:
Fruit flies can lay 100+ eggs per day. Guess where they like to lay them most? Your food!
1. A shallow bowl of apple cider vinegar left near their favorite breeding grounds attracts fruit flies with its scent. Cover it with a piece of plastic wrap (or a lid) that you’ve poked several holes in. The flies will go in but they won’t come back out. Change at least once a day.
2. A bottle with a paper funnel will entice them to fly in, but they won’t figure out how to get out. A beer or wine bottle works particularly well for this since fruit flies are particularly attracted to those scents. Make the funnel from a piece of paper rolled into a funnel and insert its narrow end into the bottle. Make the narrow end small enough that flies can get in but not big enough for them to get out. Tape it in place if needed. Change daily.
3. A bowl of water with a couple drops of liquid soap left under a light at night (the light over your stove is perfect for this) will attract both fruit flies and mosquitoes that have found their way into your home. The things will aim toward the light, because it attracts them, but the soap will create a surface tension that prevents them from flying away. Change every morning.
How To Kill Fruit Flies In Drains
Some fruit flies make their home in areas where it’s just not practical to place a trap. Examples include shower drains, bathroom sink drains, toilets, etc. To get rid of fruit flies in these areas, pour boiling water (or boiling white vinegar) down drains and toilets. Also, make sure your drains are clear of hair and other debris that create ideal breeding grounds for these pests. (See How To Clean Stinky Drains for more tips.)
How To Prevent Fruit Flies
1. Keep counters clean. Fruit flies don’t just like to eat fruit. They’ll feast on spilled food, crumbs, spilled juice… just about anything. Wipe your counters down regularly so they don’t turn into a snack bar for the pests.
With new eggs hatching daily, you’ll need to keep the traps going and your prevention measures in place for 2-3 weeks.
2. Wash bananas and melons. Fruit flies piggyback their way into our homes on these two fruits more than any other, so wash them in my homemade fruit and vegetable wash as soon as you get back from the store to get rid of flies and their eggs. (If you’ve ever seen a banana spider, you’ve probably been doing this already. Ew!)
3. Cover your fruit bowl. Like most moms, I leave a bowl of fruit on the kitchen counter to keep healthy snacks within reach for my family. If left uncovered, that fruit bowl becomes a “single’s bar” for fruit flies. Now I put it on the platter part of my cake dome and put the cover on. Since it’s clear, we can still see the healthy snack options but the flies can’t feast on them.
4. Control things that smell bad. No, I don’t mean your teenage son’s feet (though if you figure out how to get those to stop smelling bad, please share your tip!) I mean the other sources of odor in your home: drains, garbage cans, pet bedding, litter boxes and more. (See How To Deodorize Your Home Naturally.)
Repeat, repeat, repeat.
Now, remember how I mentioned that female fruit flies lay over 100 eggs per day? With new eggs hatching every day, you’ll need to be diligent for at least a couple of weeks about killing fruit flies with traps. Most importantly, if don’t let up on your efforts to prevent them and you’ll eventually get the infestation under control.

Oh and I think I just found another reason to get rid of the cat.

Abby-Ann ... is that your brother? Better tell Bear Bear to spit out that cat or he'll get fur balls and piles!