How to rid your apartment of fruit flies in no time?
As the harvest season begins, many are looking for a way to get rid of fruit gnats. These small annoying insects do not cause serious harm, but they can spoil food and nerves. There are many ways to combat these pests: poisonous sprays, traps, a rich arsenal of folk remedies. Let's find out how insects get into the house, what to do to prevent their appearance, and how to remove fruit flies from an apartment or private house.
Where do insects come from in the kitchen?
The fruit midge is a small black or brown insect that, like the house moss, belongs to the order Diptera. These insects feed on plant fruits that have begun to deteriorate and rotting plant matter. On warm summer days, they can appear in the kitchen, starting in a bag of fruit or in a trash can. To fight these insects, you need to understand where they come from and how they get into the house.
Even the cleanest home is not immune from infection with fruit flies. Flies appear from eggs laid by adult insects on fruits while they are still ripening. Then the fruits are picked, brought into the house and stored, forgetting to wash. There is now enough heat for the rotting process to begin. The eggs will then hatch into larvae to feed on the rotting mass and develop into adult flies.
There are other ways of infection:
- Invasion of flies from the yard through a window or ventilation ducts. This path is especially relevant for private houses.If there are apple trees or other fruit trees in the yard, it is necessary to promptly remove rotting fruits from under them. Otherwise, fruit flies will appear on the rotting remains and fly into the home in search of food.
- Insects enter the house along with contaminated soil. Flower pots are often where midges appear. Soil that has been fertilized with humus is especially dangerous.
To avoid the proliferation of fruit flies in flower pots, do not use “spent” tea leaves to feed plants. Rotting tea leaves are an attractive environment for insects to appear.
Knowing the ways in which midges enter your home, it is easier to organize effective prevention of infection.
Preventing the appearance of fruit flies
To prevent a whole swarm of annoying midges from appearing in your apartment, you need to make it as unattractive as possible for insects as a breeding place. The following measures will help with this:
- Destruction of food supply. The trash can must be tightly closed with a lid and removed promptly. Any fruit that has begun to spoil should be thrown away without any pity - or the spoiled parts should be removed. Also, preventive measures include timely removal of food from the table, proper storage of flour and cereals (closed containers, timely disposal of spoiled foods, etc.).
- Elimination of water sources. Like other pests, fruit flies need a source of moisture. A leaking faucet, a dripping pipe joint, or even a constantly damp cleaning rag will do the job. Remove all sources of liquid and your home will become much less attractive to midges.
- Maintaining good hygiene.Before storing fruits and berries brought into the house, they must be washed to remove insect eggs from them. Then the fruits are dried and placed in plastic bags. In addition, important preventive measures are wet cleaning, garbage disposal, and timely washing of dishes.
- Blocking access from the street. All opening windows are covered with mosquito nets. Mesh screens are also placed on ventilation vents.
Following these rules will help protect your home from fruit flies entering your home. If an infestation is discovered, it is necessary to take urgent measures: find a place where flies are hatching (usually a can of cereal, a bag of rotten fruit or a flower pot) and carefully dispose of spoiled food along with the flies.
Why are fruit flies dangerous?
Attitudes towards fruit flies range from complete disdain to unjustified fear. They are practically safe for humans: they do not bite and do not cause allergies. But the appearance of these insects in the house has several harmful consequences:
- Flies carry the remains of rotten fruit along with bacteria on their legs. Once in food, these bacteria multiply quickly, which leads to food spoilage. Rotten products accumulated in spoiled food can cause food poisoning.
- An annoying midge, flickering in front of the face, landing on the skin, crawling into the eyes and nose, can quickly drive even the most patient person to white heat. Since fruit flies do not feed on blood, humans are not particularly attracted to these insects. But with a strong infestation, the intrusiveness of fruit flies already turns into a problem.
The fruit fly is a popular subject for study in genetics. Thanks to her, many fundamental laws of nature were discovered.But outside the scientific laboratory, this insect does more harm than good.
Despite the relative harmlessness of Drosophila, you should not hesitate to start the fight. The more time passes from the moment the infestation is discovered, the greater the hordes of flies you will have to fight.
The best household chemicals to combat midges
The chemical industry produces many varieties of insecticides and insect repellents. Some of them can also be used to combat fruit flies.
Here are some of the most effective drugs:
- Liquid for fumigator "Kombat". The reservoir with liquid is screwed to the fumigator, then the device is connected to the power supply. The fumigator releases vapors that have an insecticidal effect. In addition to midges, the drug will get rid of mosquitoes and flies. The product acts quickly (the effect is noticeable within an hour) and is affordable. A bottle of liquid costs about 300 rubles.
- Raptor trap with sticky inside. A bait solution is supplied with the trap. It is enough to pour a small amount of solution into the trap and place it in a place where insects accumulate. One trap is enough to effectively protect a room of 10 square meters. m for a month. At the same time, the outside of the trap remains clean and does not spoil the interior of the kitchen. The price of the set is about 150 rubles.
- Aerosol "Dichlorvos". A powerful, effective insecticide containing cypermethrin and tetramethrin. In most cases, a single treatment is enough to get rid of fruit flies. However, the product is not safe for health - after spraying and exposure, the room must be thoroughly ventilated.
Kitchen cleaning requires special care to ensure that the insecticide does not get into drinking water or food.Before spraying, place all products in tightly closed containers and hide them in a closet. Flowers and pets are also removed from the kitchen, and children and elderly family members are prohibited from entering the premises during treatment.
Folk remedies: cheap and safe
The use of industrial insecticides is justified as “heavy artillery” - as a last resort in case of severe infestation. In other cases, it is better to use safer folk remedies:
- Smelling foods have a good effect in the fight against fruit flies: garlic, cloves, orange peel, vinegar.
- Indoor plants that emit strong odors, such as geraniums, will help.
- Another helper is tape with an adhesive surface.
- A homemade poisonous composition gives a good effect: half a glass of milk, 40 g of sugar, 40 g of black pepper. Saucers with the solution are placed in places where flies accumulate.
Often these products are sufficient to combat fruit flies.
How to make a trap with your own hands?
You can make an effective fruit gnat trap yourself. Place a piece of apple, apricot or other sweet bait at the bottom of the glass jar. A sheet of paper folded into a funnel is inserted into the neck; a hole with a diameter of 3 mm should remain in its lower part). The flies will begin to make their way into the jar towards the bait, but will no longer be able to get out.
Getting rid of a brood of fruit flies is quite simple. The main thing is to notice the infection in time and take action quickly. Then the insects can be defeated using homemade traps or folk remedies. And, of course, do not forget about prevention. Throw away rotten fruits in a timely manner, do not forget about cleaning - and fruit flies will not become a problem for your home!
I catch them with a vacuum cleaner while cleaning
I also catch them with pepelats
How do you both catch them?
“Pelesos” is the wife of the famous football player. And the household appliance is called a pulisos.
There's nothing better than a good old flamethrower.
What are the problems with flies? If they are separated, turn on the vacuum cleaner and collect them by removing the nozzles from the pipe. Several aisles and there are none even if there are boxes of apples or pears in the kitchen.
drip some vinegar into the trash can under the lid
I use my own made traps. I take a plastic jar of sour cream or cottage cheese. I make holes in the lid with an awl and put spoiled fruit inside. The flies get in, but they can’t get back. A quick way to catch. Then I wash them off with water.
Larisa, once in a jar of food, fruit flies don’t “climb out” of it, not because they can’t, but because they don’t want to!
I shot them with an elastic band from my underpants, and for the second week no flights were noticed.
Class! I haven't laughed like that for a long time. I just introduced...
Ah, ha, ha, cool, had fun!!! At school, I took 5 matches at once, set them on fire and quickly carried them along the surface where the thrush flies sat, they fell off in bunches from the burns. All that remained was to “sweep up”)) but now I process everything quickly, and what I didn’t have time to immediately distribute)))
Vasily, share your experience. When you shoot flies with an elastic band from your panties, do you take it out of your panties?..
Great !
Well done, inventors. Fun entertainment, I even imagined myself doing this activity.
Well, you're a sniper!
You can leave them some beer in a glass, the next day everyone will be there
How long should I leave a little beer for, otherwise, am I greedy for the barley drink?)))
The best option and no chemicals
Get cockroaches in your house, and the flies will seem friendly and affectionate to you)))
Can I have bedbugs?
We have both
I have a pistol that shoots using carbon dioxide in a can and balls from a clip. So I take out the clip and shoot at the flies that are sitting like a clot of gas and they just burst. A few shots at the sitting flies and they just disappear. Smart creatures
An elastic band for panties is the best
Should the elastic be for men's underpants or women's underpants?
What about lace panties?
Should I take used or clean panties?
And I sat and ate an apple
And a panty elastic band is more fun - I haven’t laughed so much in a long time……….
Useful video! Thank you!
Buy sticky tape for flies or Velcro and the midge will immediately stick to it, you need to unroll the Velcro and hang it
After reading the article, I came to the conclusion that the most effective and efficient remedy is to not give them the opportunity to even appear. Cleanliness and once again cleanliness with an elastic band from underwear is of course fun, but how much can be killed along with flies, and the remains of beer are also a smell and a dirty dish...
Everything is much simpler - pour a little liquid into a small container, for example water with a spoonful of juice or apple cider vinegar, it should smell like soured fruit (and not just sugar, as the authors claim) and literally a drop of dishwashing liquid. Place it in places where flies accumulate. That’s it! The creatures simply drown.
But I like them and I don’t breed them on purpose, they finish up after me what I haven’t finished, and in winter they generally sleep somewhere, although instead of them there appear such butterflies that strive to get into the cereals and there are different torments, and then from this some of their children appear in the cereals, like bugs and worms, and a competition begins between the person and them, for who can eat the cereal the fastest. I don’t really fight with them either, we have enough, and in winter it’s somehow more fun to live with them, since every other outdoor living creature at this time of year sleeps somewhere under the snow and you can’t help but find it and wake it up.
Right. We must live in harmony with nature
I simply remove the mushik with a vacuum cleaner.
Ostatki soka v dlinnom stakane vyloviat vsex mushek. Ostanetsia tolko ix smyt vodoj.
Odorless dichlorvos is the most reliable way to kill midges. Spray into the air and into flower pots. And do not allow rotten food in the kitchen.
Spray the kitchen window with odorless dichlorvos. Do not wipe the window for even a week. Every morning, collect not only dead flies, but also ordinary flies. Good luck.
And then collect the remains yourself.
There is mosquito repellent, it will be inserted into the el. network, a couple of minutes and no midges!!!
Fumigator!
Thanks for the science, otherwise I’ve been struggling with them all fall)))
A flamethrower is the best tool ;)
Open the door so it's cold
And pour it on to warm it up, and when it swells, collect it with a broom and throw it in the trash
I fought all autumn with these impudent people. I had to remove all the bouquets, and I adore them, but the midges also liked them. The folk traps turned out to be useless. I'll try the fumigator. Thanks for the advice.
You have to love them just like bouquets... and HARMONY will arise!!!!!!!
Euphrosyne. They tormented me all fall, but now I’ll look at your tips and recommendations and take action.
Agita 10wg. We dilute the powder with water. The resulting liquid is colorless and odorless. Pour into a spray bottle from Fix Price. We spray on frequent places where insects gather. In half an hour we begin to harvest. Those who flew in, crawled, and jumped died. Safe for birds, animals and people. The manufacturer gives a three-month guarantee without fleas, flies, cockroaches and these pests or whatever they are. Look for the product in vet stores. It seems that he wrote it in an accessible way.
The fumigator is not suitable for everyone, there are allergies.
An excellent trap is made from any transparent glass, glass or plastic, covered with transparent film. Pour a little juice, something fermented milk, beer into the bottom - the choice is yours. I don’t recommend putting solid waste - flies will quickly begin to multiply on it. Punch a hole of about 3 mm in the film and leave it in a quiet place. Because The hole is small, there will be no smell from the glass. Within a couple of days the trap will be discovered and quickly filled with flies.You can’t leave it for a very long time, because... on the walls of the glass they can begin to multiply - larvae will crawl. Then we shake them all into the liquid and pour them out or take them to the trash.
Everything is extremely simple - pour juice from any jam into a 0.5 liter jar to a height of about 4-5 cm and add a little dishwashing liquid and mix. After half a day, all the flies are swimming there - the sweet smell lures them, and due to the soapy component, the surface tension of the liquid is minimal, and upon contact with it, the fruit flies instantly drown. No chemicals, sticky traps, vacuum cleaners or other nonsense are needed.
Do you know that you don’t have to pay traffic fines? More precisely, you can stop receiving them absolutely legally! More than six months have passed, but the fines from the cameras have stopped coming!
And it was so fun to read about the flies... We have tea mushroom, they really loved it this fall, but now they seem to have disappeared. I don’t understand, but how are fines and flies connected? Are they just as annoying?
And I brought the flies into the apartment along with the grapes from Pyaterochka, so they got me, out of spite I put the grapes in the refrigerator along with the flies, it seemed like they weren’t flying there. And some stayed in the kitchen and sat on the wall, because they had nothing else to eat. Their further fate is unknown to me, but as the grapes ran out, there were no more flies.
We tried storing tomatoes in a dark bathroom in the fall, but as a result, the first fall I don’t compete with them in eating. Perhaps it’s just the darkness—flies don’t seem to fly in the dark.
When shooting at flies with an elastic band from your panties, you don’t even have to take off your panties and don’t take out the elastic band - you could actually burst from laughing!!!
Bogatyr flies
And I deployed the S400...
Ahaha
I haven't laughed so much in a long time, thanks for the tips! But there is still one grain of truth, everyone disappears from the cold! No matter how many traps you set, if you live in a house and animals in the form of cats climb here and there, nothing will help! Neither a vacuum cleaner nor Dichlorvos! I really thought about the elastic band... Who should I entrust?
Cut a regular plastic bottle in half and insert the top one into the lower part, turning it upside down.
You will get a funnel. Throw in apples and rotten fruit, I also poured in a little dry wine, made two of them, put them in different corners in the kitchen, and that’s it.
After a day, the bottles were black and black from them, and then just change the “cartridge.” Otherwise, you’ll get rid of horseradish, especially if it’s a private house and there’s always a harvest and half a ton of apples in the kitchen. The trap does a great job!
My brother used the same method to get rid of wasps by pouring a fruit drink made from sour jam.
I realized why I don't have many of them this year. I planted geraniums on the windowsills. I forced her to do everything. And there are fewer flies, but still no, no, yes, they appear in the fall, while we bring fruits and tomatoes from the garden and store them.
I pulled cling film over the jar, made holes about 3mm in the bottom of the stub, threw a little water, in general about a dozen flies got in there, they fly there happy, smiling, and I’m pleased, in the morning I discovered that there were only 3 pieces left, how did they fall and what I didn’t please them, a mystery?
And I inflated the balloon with hydrogen and set it on fire. The flies were all torn apart from the inside. You can also use a good firecracker.
These flies are not in the kitchen this year. I thought maybe the weather anomaly had an effect. The article reminded me of flower pots. At the beginning of spring of this year, I fought with ground flies and flower flies, which are smaller.I stuck ordinary matches into the flower pot, head down, at least 5 of them, and watered them. A few days later, when the sulfur dissolved in the ground, I changed it to others. Do this several times. I stopped watering the flowers abundantly and the flowers got used to it, now I water maybe once a week or less. Result. The ground flies died and their eggs are in the dried soil and there are no fruit flies.
When I get Drazdaphiles, I invite my friends to play preference, we play all night
One of the rules of preference says: Smoke more, the enemy will go crazy
There are no more drazdafilok...
Good article
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