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Danged fruit flies!!
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Magentasue wrote: »Yes, that's true - I had to put a coaster OVER me wine glass of an evening.
Also, they congregate on the windows and yellow or white surfaces, especially high up.
Well all the tiles are those white mosaic type and they are seeming to like them. Will be on a mission tonight:D
BSCno.87The only stupid question is an unasked oneLoving life as a Kernow Hippy0 -
Magentasue wrote: »Also, they congregate on the windows and yellow or white surfaces, especially high up.
No wonder they like my kitchen so much then - yellow walls, white ceiling!
I seem to get a problem with them every summer - I wondered if it's because of buying some of my fruit organic - whether they like the fruit that hasn't been sprayed...? Anyway now I keep the compost bin outside. In winter it's just outside the back door so I don't have to get cold, but as it warms up I move it further away so they can't fly in to the house from there.0 -
I have a Lakeland Peely Bin on the surface and always pop a biodegradeable liner in it so I was hoping that I wouldn't be hit by them this year. In my old place I had a plastic bin with no liners and always got tons, so I stopped saving peelings etc for compost. I was hoping in the new house this wouldn't be a problem.
But I have put the bin outside the door and will try the liquid solution.BSCno.87The only stupid question is an unasked oneLoving life as a Kernow Hippy0 -
Fill a jar with something smelly, like vinegar or wine, add a drop of washing up liquid (destroys the liquids surafce tenstion, meaning the little blighters drown) cover with clingfilm peirced with several large holes on top, leave where flies are worst and they will be attracted to the smell and drown.
It really works.M.A.C.A.W member number 39
Those who are inclined to casual cruelty say that inside a fat girl is a thin girl and a lot of chocolate. Terry Pratchett0 -
Thanks Pipkin, will do that as well.
Found out this morning that a Stardrops solution works well. Was just clearing round from breakfast and the little blighters started flying round me, so I zapped them with the spray and it worked. They won't get the better of me, they won't, they won't, they won't tee,hee, hee, hee, hee!!BSCno.87The only stupid question is an unasked oneLoving life as a Kernow Hippy0 -
Tell them you're an eeevil scientist who does genetic experiments but has run out of volunteers...* :rotfl: :rotfl:
Sorry no practical suggestions
They seem to go for fruit which is just on the turn - I bung all mine in the fridge!
*(Fruit flies are used in soooooo many genetic research-type things)"She who asks is a fool once. She who never asks is a fool forever"
I'm a fool quite often0 -
Just make sure you don't breathe in when you open the compost bin like I did last week. Got a mouthful.:rolleyes::o0
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HelenYorkshire wrote: »Tell them you're an eeevil scientist who does genetic experiments but has run out of volunteers...* :rotfl: :rotfl:
Sorry no practical suggestions
They seem to go for fruit which is just on the turn - I bung all mine in the fridge!
*(Fruit flies are used in soooooo many genetic research-type things)
That made me laugh. Cheers.
Unfortunatly I don't have room in my fridge as it is quite small.BSCno.87The only stupid question is an unasked oneLoving life as a Kernow Hippy0 -
Just make sure you don't breathe in when you open the compost bin like I did last week. Got a mouthful.:rolleyes::o
Bleauuurgh!! I sympathise with you. I always open ours so the lid is in front of me like a sheild.BSCno.87The only stupid question is an unasked oneLoving life as a Kernow Hippy0 -
My middle son's fave joke - "Time flies like an arrow but fruit flies like a banana"
No help, sorry, but it makes me giggle. I am always too slow to put the compost out and get regular bouts of teeny flies, every time I say I've learnt my lesson... I use those sticky fly papers and hang them in the vicinity for a few days. Good luck!
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.
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