{"id":6161,"date":"2015-11-12T20:29:31","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T20:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chesmar.com\/?p=6161"},"modified":"2015-11-12T20:29:31","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T20:29:31","slug":"get-rid-fruit-flies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/12\/get-rid-fruit-flies\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get Rid of Fruit Flies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fruit flies are a nuisance that can be fairly resilient if you don\u2019t attack them aggressively.<\/p>\n

The good news is, there is more than one way to\u00a0skin a cat<\/s>\u00a0expel a fruit fly. Here, we give you five.<\/p>\n

Apple Cider Vinegar<\/h2>\n

Specifically, unfiltered apple cider\u00a0vinegar<\/a>\u00a0(it\u2019ll say on the bottle, but the ulfiltered stuff is cloudy). Remove the cap, and cover it with plastic wrap, secured with a rubber band. Now poke a hole in the plastic wrap big enough for a fruit fly to pass through. Fruit flies love apple cider vinegar, and they\u2019ll go inside the bottle but won\u2019t be able to get out.<\/p>\n

Regular Vinegar and Dish Soap<\/h2>\n

So the apple cider vinegar thing didn\u2019t work. Maybe the flies weren\u2019t bright enough to find their way inside the bottle, or maybe they were too smart to get stuck inside, or maybe these particular fruit flies just don\u2019t like apples. In any case, try drowning them.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how: Put a few drops of dish soap into a bowl of vinegar and just let it sit there. You know how flies can stand on liquids? Well, that\u2019s because of something called \u201csurface tension.\u201d The soap cuts that, and the flies will sink.<\/p>\n

Paper Cone and Fruit<\/h2>\n

This is the same concept as the apple cider vinegar and the plastic wrap \u2014 you\u2019re counting on the flies to get inside a vessel, but not be able to get back out. Specifically, you attract them by putting a piece of ripe fruit in a jar with a little bit of vinegar. Then you roll up a piece of paper into a cone shape, and put the narrow end into the jar.<\/p>\n

Red Wine<\/h2>\n

We don\u2019t recommend wasting wine on fruit flies, but if for some reason you\u2019re inclined to do so, an open wine bottle will work for the same reason the apple cider vinegar will. The flies\u00a0will be attracted<\/a>\u00a0(to a nice chianti), and will fly inside to drink up, but won\u2019t be able to get out.<\/p>\n

Milk, Sugar, Pepper<\/h2>\n

This tip comes from the Old Farmer\u2019s Almanac, so you know it\u2019s good. Recipe: Pint of milk, 4 oz raw sugar, 2 oz ground pepper. Simmer 10 minutes and pour into a dish. The flies will drown.<\/p>\n

Do you have any tips we didn\u2019t mention? We\u2019d love to hear them. Drop us a line in the comments section,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fruit flies are a nuisance that can be fairly resilient if you don\u2019t attack them aggressively. The good news is, there is more than one way to\u00a0skin a cat\u00a0expel a fruit fly. Here, we give you five. Apple Cider Vinegar Specifically, unfiltered apple cider\u00a0vinegar\u00a0(it\u2019ll say on the bottle, but the ulfiltered stuff is cloudy). Remove […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6161\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}