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Fruit flies.

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  • Thanks everyone. I have no houseplants I got rid last year. No rotting food. As I know off. Got the cider vinigar traps and they do go in. I'm just paradox to where the little blisters are coming from. I have a pear and apple tree outside. Wondering if they coming from that. Not picked any this year, as that what started them last year. 
  • Hoover helps!
    They aren't strong fliers and tend to congregate, so easy to get.
  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    edited September 2018
    Am I missing something?  Fruit flies don't bite, sting, damage plants or spread disease.  They pollinate flowers, and in a compost bin, their larvae help the breakdown process. In the kitchen, they let you know when your fruit is ripe.  So why are you all so bent on destroying them?  A more helpful and inoffensive insect would be hard to find.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    You don't want them in the kitchen or sharing your glass of wine.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Well I don't like them in my kitchen, they are annoying. I just didn't have a few i had swarms. If they stay outside that wouldn't bother me. But coming into my kitchen is offensive.
  • No don't want them sharing anything in my kitchen.😂
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited September 2018
    Have you told them they are being offensive? Maybe nobody mentioned it.

    If you come in to the kitchen and touch something and a cloud of them go up, then that will be the thing they're after. I have to keep my sink spotless at the moment and the rubbish bin lid tight down. There will be a source - you just have to find out what it is. They are bugger for basil plants, I found. They seem to love them.

    It is, though, the season of the fruit fly - they are doing what they do - and as the weather cools, they disappear.
  • susan gloversusan glover Posts: 99
    edited September 2018
    Bring the cold weather on, to Get rid of the little buggers. They may be small but they are very quick....
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Is there a banana,skin or an apple core in a waste bin somewhere or is there something forgotten in your fruit bowl?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • No there are no fruit at all. Been  on holiday for a week. I did have some before I went away but thought they were under control. But the fly paper was covered. I renewed it before going on holiday.
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