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Fruit Fly TrapFruit Flies! This will rid your house of them for good. I use it constantly.

 

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Juice For Getting Rid Of Fruit FliesIf you are plagued by those pesky little fruit flies and do not want to use chemical sprays in your kitchen, try this. Pour grape juice or red wine in a small container - about 1/3 full, cover the top with plastic wrap and punch holes in it large enough for the flies to enter.

 

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Trap Fruit Flies In A Paper FunnelFruit flies were taking over the kitchen because of my wife and I love fruit. She hates them so I used a trick I learned in science class. Put a piece of fruit in the bottom of a glass. Then make a funnel with a piece of paper and put on top.

 

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Basil Natural Fly RepellentFlies here in south Alabama are terrible. A friend told about a natural fly repellent. I decided to try it. It's basil! It actually works. I planted seeds in two flower pots, thinned them out...

 

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Keep Mayflies Away With MarigoldsTo keep Mayflies from zooming around your head and biting you, put a couple of marigolds in your hat. They don't like the smell. They will circle your head and leave.

 

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Use Wet Vac to Suck Up FliesDo you have flies in your house? Wet Vac them. Turn on the Wet Vac and suck them right up!

 

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Preventing Fruit FliesThe best way to avoid fruit fly problem is to water wash all produce, especially bananas, as soon as possible. I put the wet produce on a kitchen towel or paper towel, blot it a bit, and let it sit out until its dries thoroughly.

 

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Making a Fruit Fly "Trap"Getting rid of fruit flies. First get a plastic grocery bag. Put the rotting fruit in the bottom of the bag. Set it on the counter fully open at the top with the sides pulled up. This is so the flies will go down to the bottom of the bag.

 

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Spray Scraps With Oil To Stop Fruit FliesI have begun to buy a lot of produce, since I started juicing a month ago. I began to notice more and more of those little fruit flies hanging around. You know the ones I'm talking about - they hover all around you, but are impossible to get rid of.

 

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Use Vinegar For Fruit FliesI have a great way to get rid of flies, Apple cider vinegar. Put about a cup in a glass jar, set it in the corner of the area where you have flies, and right before your very eyes the flies will be gone with the wind.

 

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Basil to Keep Flies Out of HouseTo keep flies out of the house, plant some basil plants in a pot and place it on the board of the window. Flies move away because of the aromatic scent of the basil plant.

 

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Pretty Vase as a Fruit Fly TrapI choose a pretty small vase that I can leave on the counter. Place a piece of banana or apple inside the vase, and wrap the top with plastic wrap. Poke a couple of small holes in the top, and leave beside the fruit basket.

 

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Method For Getting Rid of Fruit FliesWe combined several methods we read about on this site and added some of our own. Modifying a suggestion by an anonymous contributor, we prepared three traps.

 

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Making Fly PaperTake a black plastic planter pot and paint it thoroughly with red transmission fluid and hang it where deer flies, horse flies, and such are and they will get stuck to it.

 

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Use Red Wine To Attract Fruit FliesI tried the fruit in a pretty vase and the red-wine vinegar traps that you so graciously shared. Thank you. Although they attracted a few, the hands-down winner was using actual red wine.

 

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Microwave Fruit Fly TrapThis may be an off-the-wall idea, but it has worked for me. All summer, we did not have any fruit fly problems. About ten days ago, there was an explosion of fruit flies in our kitchen. It was the worst fruit fly problem we have ever had.

 

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Use Lavender To Deter HousefliesI went through quite a few websites, reading all the hints about getting rid of houseflies. One of them mentioned lavender amongst quite a few other options in one simple sentence. I thought I'd try it, not that I really believed it would work.

 

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Vinegar For Fruit Fly Pest ControlTo get rid of fruit flies, put out a saucer of vinegar and see bodies pile up.

 

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How To Get Rid Of FliesI live on a farm in the South. I came across an old folklore fly repellent remedy that I had never seen. Take a zip lock bag, 1 quart size is best. Put 2 pennies in it. Fill the bag around 3/4 full of water and close.

 

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Fruit Fly TrapI absolutely hate fruit flies! This trap is very easy to make and works really well. I always have this trap set up on the counter, so an infestation never has a chance to take hold. :)

 

Keep Houseflies Away with Cucumber Peelings

Keep Houseflies Away with Cucumber PeelingsI hate pesky houseflies, they drive me bonkers! I found a tip involving cucumber peelings Well, I put them on the windowsill last evening and I can report that they seem to be staying away.

 

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Soda Bottle Fly TrapsOk, so I had a FLY problem! I got on the computer and found a lot of homemade fly traps. I used all the ones I saw with no success so I figured I would try and come up with something. Within seconds, my fly problem was no longer!

 

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Ziplock Baggies As Fly RepellentZiplock Baggies, who knew? I found this online. Some of my friends and I have tried it and it seems to work like a charm! Fill a ziplock baggie with 1/4-1/2 full of water and drop 4-6 pennies in the bottom.

 

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Pam to Eradicate Fruit FliesI took my can of Pam spray and sprayed it where the flies were. Immediately they were downed. You can even get them in mid-air easily too.

 

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Wash Fruit to Prevent Fruit FliesWash all fruit thoroughly before storing, especially bananas! Your fruit fly problem will be quickly remedied.

 

Prevent Noseeums by Keeping House Cool

Prevent Noseeums by Keeping House CoolI live in south Florida and recently moved out of a beach front condo into a house inland. The noseeums in my new area have been merciless. After trying just about everything in these forums to battle these unseen critters biting me in my home, I finally got some good advice from a friend.

 

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Homemade Fly TrapTake any jar and squirt some jelly inside. Put a funnel in the jar. Some flies will go into the jar through the funnel and some will hang around the outside lid of the jar. Vacuum the outside flies, then lift the funnel a bit....

 

A fruit fly trap with apple cider vinegar

Vinegar Fruit Fly TrapTo catch fruit flies in the house, I keep apple cider vinegar in a couple of 6 ounce jelly jars placed around the house and accessible all the time. I like the jar idea because the plastic is held in place with a jar band. The container is small and can easily be placed in any area of the house.

 

A candle to deter flies at a table.

Get Rid of House Flies with a CandleHouse flies can be a great nuisance when you eat or place food on the table during meal time, especially when you are outdoors. A very simple method to get rid of them is to light up a candle near your plates. The heat of the candle irritates them and keep them away from flying around your food.

 

Dead flies in a bowl of bacon grease.

Bacon Grease Bug KillerLeave a bit of bacon grease out in a bowl where you have an insect problem. They will be attracted to scent, go in, and get trapped in the thickness. I found this out by accident when I left bacon grease out on the counter. We had a flying insect problem... And now we don't! ;)

 

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Getting Rid of Fungus GnatsYea, Yea, we've read all these tips on how to get rid of them and most help but they just don't get rid of all of them. Well, I'm here to tell you a good way of getting rid of them for good and I mean all of them. We had them in our bathroom, kitchen and everywhere. They were driving us CRAZY!

 

A flashlight being shone on the underside of a plastic drain pipe.

Shine Flashlight on Pipe to Check for Drain FliesDo you have a problem with gnats in the house? They could be breeding in your drains. If you have plastic pipes, you can check your drains by shining a flashlight behind the pipe. It lights up the drain.

 

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