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Mr_Yan

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This sounds crazy up here where we were 11 degrees this morning but I have been fighting fruit flies in my house all winter and they are winning. Just as I think I am getting the upper hand there is another population explosion. The last two population explosions have been due to partially rotting sweet potatoes in the basement. This is getting ridiculous.

I have traps. Every kind of trap you can imagine. The best one I have found is a mason jar with fruit or a bit of beer in the bottom and a funnel made of fly paper around the mouth of the jar.

I have used the vacuum to suck them up as they're landed.

My three year old daughter has the hobby of smearing them across the windows.

I have fly paper strips hanging in front of my basement windows and they're COVERED with dead flies.

I'm about to either rent a chameleon or flame thrower but I don't really think you can rent either.

This is getting stupid.

Sorry just a rant. I hate fruit flies
 

w_r_ranch

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Raid Fumigators & take your family out for a movie or to see grandparents, then open the windows when you come home. I agree, they are annoying, especially in numbers...
 
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