Damn flies!

[syncro]

I have a problem...

Damn flies in my kitchen! Tiny ones, they fly quite slowly and don't seem to be that fixated with food although they do come out of the bin a lot.

I've bleached everywhere, but a day later and they are all over the place again, I'm going through a can of fly spray every few days..

Help! ANy tips for getting rid of them, or finding what they are so intrigued by in my kitchen??

[KidKruger]

Fly paper.

[uncleglen]

They are fruit flies and they breed quickly.

[syncro]

I thought they must be fruit flies, but everything is put away, there's nothing really for them to get to. They just keep coming back. I googled it and apparently they can breed in drains so bleaching everywhere again!

KidRugger think you're right. I've put some apple cider in a jar apparently that catches them too, and will hunt for some fly paper!

[Sue]

KidKruger Wrote:

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> Fly paper.

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Blimey, that takes me back to my childhood.

Do they still make it?

[KidKruger]

Yeah they still make it.

Year before last I got 50+ on one paper - the flies love it, they even brought their mates round

[maxxi]

Sue Wrote:

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> Blimey, that takes me back to my childhood.

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> Do they still make it?

Yes but only in tabloid form

[The Minkey]

That's strange you are still inundated if there is no food source. Whenever I've had fruit flies, I get rid of whatever overripe fruit or peelings are attracting them and they disappear. The vent on your food recycling bin isn't set to open,

is it?

[Andybol]

I know this will sound bizarre but it worked for me the other day.

Stick some listerine in a spray bottle and spray the flies. It kills em quite quickly. We also sprayed our windo frames and door frames and not one fly has come back

Really weird I know but works.

[KidKruger]

It's more fun watching 'em die, slowly.. Mwaaaa haa haah har har haaaaa

[JohnL]

That's expensive - but maybe safer than fly spray.

Andybol Wrote:

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> I know this will sound bizarre but it worked for

> me the other day.

>

> Stick some listerine in a spray bottle and spray

> the flies. It kills em quite quickly. We also

> sprayed our windo frames and door frames and not

> one fly has come back

>

> Really weird I know but works.

[hafsjah]

Tip I got of EDF last year -

Small drop wine or vinegar in narrow-neck bottle with small funnel inserted in neck. Place where the flies tend to congregate. After 2 or 3 days - no more flies. Flush out bottle of dead flies.

[uncleglen]

Hair spray- their wings stick together and the drop............

[Mands]

I had them once years ago and hoovered them up. Never had them back since.

[HonaloochieB]

Anyone got any stats on this influx of winged interlopers?

[KalamityKel]

How do you store your potatoes and other veg that arent put in the fridge synco? Them little bug gers love plastic...

[BellendenBear]

Sounds like they could be fungus flies rather than fruit flies. Do you have lots of house plants?

We had loads of them a couple of months ago. We put all the kitchen plants outside for a while and the problem quickly solved. If you google fungus flies / gnats there is lots of advice on how to clear them.