How To Get Rid Of Fruit Flies With White Vinegar

How To Get Rid Of Fruit Flies With White Vinegar

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There are many ways to get rid of fruit flies but people want to know how to get rid of fruit flies with white vinegar the most. Vinegar is an effective ingredient that we use to catch fruit flies. But most of the time, people use apple vinegar since it attracts these insects more. So how do we use white vinegar in place of apple vinegar? Do they work the same? Our answer is no. But we will show you how to get them to work the same.

Prepare The Tools For The Trap

You will need some simple tools to prepare a fruit flies trap with which you can lure these insects. You will need:

·       White vinegar

·       Sugar

·       Lemon or lime juice, or any time of sweet and sour juice that you have in hand

·       Plastic wrap

·       A big cup or a bowl

·       A small skew or a big toothpick

How To Get Rid Of Fruit Flies With White Vinegar

Step 1: Pour about 30ml of white vinegar into the cup or bowl that you have prepared. You can pour less or more if you want but it should be no less than 20ml. You don’t have to use too much vinegar either. Vinegar is an important conductor, but it is not the main ingredient to lure the flies.

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Step 2: Squeeze lemon, lime juice or pour the juice you have directly into the cup. If you use fresh and natural juice, it is not necessary to separate the seeds.

Step 3: Put a spoon of sugar in the mixture and mix them evenly until the sugar dissolves totally.

Step 4: Use plastic wrap to cover the rim of the cup/bowl.

Step 5: Use the skew or toothpick to poke holes through the wrap. It is important to control the size of the holes. If the holes are too big, fruit flies can escape easily. If the holes are too small, they can’t enter the trap. Therefore, you should pick a suitable skew or toothpick.

Step 6: Put the cup in open areas where you usually find the most fruit flies. For example, near the trash can, on top of the kitchen counter, near the sink, next to a bowl of fruits, etc.

Step 7: Simply leave the cup there for half a day to gather the insects. This trap will lure not only fruit flies but also gnats or even flies. But if you want to trap flies, you will have to make bigger gates.

Step 8: Now, you have to decide how to kill the insects. Our recommendation is bug spray. Poke a big hole in the center quickly and spray through it. This action keeps the bugs from escaping.

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How To Get Rid Of Fruit Flies With Apple Vinegar

If you have apple vinegar, it is much easier to prepare the trap. You won’t need juice and sugar to fake the smell. Simply repeat every step we mentioned above but skip step 2 and 3. And you will have an efficient trap for fruit flies.

In case you don’t have any vinegar, you can use lemon or lime instead. For this trick to work, it is required that you cut 1 whole lemon/lime. Many people say that 2 slices are enough. But for a quicker and more effective result, we suggest a whole fruit. Then, repeat the same steps from 4 to 8. And you have a trap with minimal ingredients.

FAQs

1. What are fruit flies?

Fruit flies are a type of insect which consumes ripe or rotten fruits. They appear only when there is a food source for them to consume. Even though they are called fruit flies, they consume other things as well, like vegetables, wine, beer, sticky rice, vinegar, etc.

2. How do we tell fruit flies from gnats?

Fruit flies are red while gnats are black. The color is the main difference between them. Other than that, both species are very similar. Gnats consume almost the same things as fruit flies. They like ripe or rotten fruits as well. But they are also attracted to sweet and sour dough like bread or sweet pastries.

3. Do fruit flies carry diseases?

Most of the time, fruit flies aren’t extremely dangerous for human beings. But since they breed in dirty and humid areas like under the sink or in the trash can, they carry suspicious substances as well.

Consuming foods or fruits that have been contaminated by fruit flies can leave humans with a stomach ache. If toxic ones bite you, you may experience headaches or dizziness as well. But it is not common.

4. Do fruit flies appear in every household?

No. Fruit flies only appear when they have a place to breed and feed. The main reason why fruit flies appear is the food. If you leave half an apple or orange outside, it will attract fruit flies eventually.

Then, they will start to breed inside the house wherever is near a water source like the sink, trash can, mop or drain. The main features of these spots are humid and dirty.

It is very important to keep the house dry. And you shouldn’t leave half-used vegetables or fruits outside either.

Our tricks work!

We have tested the tricks in a humid kitchen. After 5 hours, the traps gather many fruit flies. Using a trap made of apple vinegar is the most effective since it is the most similar to fruits. But the smell of vinegar is much stronger and much more attractive, therefore vinegar is still the number 1 choice for making a trap.

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Even though these insects aren’t very dangerous, it is still very annoying to see them around every corner. So you should get rid of them soon.

Our last advice: After making the trap and let it work, you should use a bug spray and spray around the house in important spots where they are likely to live and breed. It is wise to intoxicate their lair so they can’t use it anymore.