I live in South Florida, which is a beautiful thing. However, it is not just all sunny skies and blue oceans– there are also weird lizards lurking everywhere, which is fine… but what is NOT fine are the fruit flies that infest my kitchen.
Here are the steps:
1. Pour apple cider vinegar (I used the kind from Braggs, which has the raw “mother” in it) into a mason jar. If you follow my blog, you know I love making salads in these jars! If you don’t have vinegar, try red wine.
2. Create a funnel with paper and tape.
3. Put the funnel into the jar…
4. Add a drop of dish soap– that breaks the surface tension so they can’t just fly away, they drown (insert evil laugh).
5. Bonus points if you add ripe fruit!
These flies love fermentation, so they’re attracted to the vinegar.
It is really disturbing to see just how many were floating around my atmosphere. All I can say is that at least I know there are this many fewer now!
UPDATE: After I posted this article, my friend Corey Greenwood said he tried it. Here’s what he says about how it worked for him:
“I went to the store and got apple cider vinegar. I wasn’t going to mess around. I made this and sat it by the kitchen sink where they were mostly at. Within seconds, two of them had already landed and were trying to figure out how to get down the funnel. Within minutes, there were five already inside. This is legit.”
What other ways have you tried to naturally combat an infestation? Comment below!
LOVE THIS! but i call lady-bug (organic pest control)!!!!!
Great tip! We have problems with fruit flies in the summer time– if we leave the fruit out! Thanks for sharing!
I am not going to argue with an organic pest control company called Lady-Bug. That's just cute.
Constance, on my windshield tonight out and about, I noticed dozens of fruit flies. Just hanging out on my windshield! So they are having an infestation moment in South Florida!
Great tip. I use ACV all the time for my morning drink, but didn't realize I could use it to trap bugs. Thanks.
Caryn, please let me know if this works for you– I can't count how many dead bugs are in my jar, but there are a TON right now. And it's the SAME JAR I've been using for two weeks now!