Argh! Fruit flies! Help!

EdenJaine

I have little fruit flies/ gnats everywhere! I usually get these in the summer but with our mild winter, they're around a little early! And they will NOT drink any little cocktail I make them! I have little bowls of liquids around ready to catch them but they won't play along. I have 2 different red wines, a white wine, and the old apple cider vinegar with dish soap and water. None of it's working! Any other ideas?

And no there's no fruit or veggies sitting around collecting them. 

MrsPM

Drink a bottled beer (or 2).

Place plastic wrap around the top of the bottle and poke holes in it. 

I had a major fruit fly problem a couple years ago and it was the only thing that would get rid of them. 

lanyac

Plastic baggie filled with water and a penny, and put it up where you have the issue. 

dr.girlfriend

This is really gross, but when we had this problem we finally figured out my son had dropped a banana (a whole banana, still in its peel) down behind a piece of furniture.  When we finally found and got rid of it, we were able to eradicate the fruit flies.  Have you tried the thing where you put dish soap in the liquid you're using to lure them, and then saran wrap with holes on top so they can get in but not out?

alicat32908

We had a horrendous problem with them in our kitchen last year.  I bought some cheap dish liquid and set out several glasses filled with dish liquid in the kitchen.  They were all gone in a few days. 

EdenJaine

Great ideas ladies! I can always count on you! I think I'll try them all (especially the beer one! Lol can't pass up a good beer!) and report back on what worked!

adhdfashion

A small bowl with vinegar and oil. They go after the vinegar get stuck in the oil. Use it every year during canning season.  

nursecramer

We tried a bunch of the liquid traps last summer, but eventually had to resort to a combination with a strip of fly paper hanging over the trap.