Fruit Flies – What You Need to Know Now!

Fruit flies are a nuisance in humid environments like ours. They’ll get in anything and everything, infesting where you least suspect them. Here’s a primer on what you need to know to protect your house and food from a creature that truly fits the description of pest. We’ll even give you some tips on how to get rid of fruit flies.

Where Do Fruit Flies Come From?

Fruit flies seem to spring up from nowhere. Long ago, people actually thought they generated like magic from thin air. After all, you never see them until they’re already covering your food and buzzing in your face. The truth is that fruit flies lay up to 600 eggs at a time on any moist surface with access to food that’s fermenting. This is why fruits and vegetables are so popular with them. They will lay eggs in anything that fits those two requirements: sinks, drains, trash, empty cans, garbage disposals, even the things you use to clean like mops and dishcloths. Disgusting, right?

How to Trap Fruit Flies

There are a few household approaches that will help with diminishing your fruit fly population. Here’s how to trap fruit flies. You can mix a dish of apple-cider vinegar with dish soap. The vinegar will attract the fruit flies, while the dish soap will make them unable to fly away. For a more elementary trap, mash a bit of fruit in the bottom of a jar. Add some red wine or fruit juice. These are good ways to see how bad your problem is and to get rid of a few fruit flies, but they’re not really everyday solutions if the problem becomes worse.

How to Get Rid of Fruit Flies

A more effective system of traps may be needed. We’ll tell you straight up, a fruit fly problem doesn’t often mean you need the services of a pest control company. We’re happy to set up traps for you and make it affordable, and it’s smart to have us check for other pests – fruit flies can indicate the possibility of more nuisance or dangerous pests. Much of dealing with fruit flies lies in prevention: cleaning dirty dishes immediately, not letting trash sit open, and drying the water from areas where moisture accumulates.