I’ve been neglecting the ‘home improvement’ aspect of this website for the past few months, and while it likely isn’t the reason you check in on us, it is something I’d like to revisit. However, with few boards out of place and no drywall I’m about to attempt in the hot summer with a failing air conditioner, I decided to turn my efforts to a situation that has presented itself in our kitchen since we returned from vacation:
Fruit flies. An ironic name, because there isn’t any visible fruit in our kitchen but regardless, they pop out of the ethos. I’ve posted about them before, as well as Sam’s unparalleled hatred for the entire Arthropod family, and in an attempt to merge their departure with her arrival I’ve resorted to the old “vinegar and soap in a glass covered with tin foil perforated with holes” trick. And as you see above, it clearly grabs their attention.
But not as much as neighboring fruit flies do, apparently. Why couldn’t these two find one another inside the glass?
I meant to include a picture of the progress – at least 100 flies in the bottom of the vinegar – but somehow I neglected it. I have no doubt that it was due to the wiggly little helper on my knee, who was enthralling himself with the sounds of my clicking keyboard:
Here he is after I told him that Mom was coming home tonight. And please note, there are no fruit flies in the picture.
Dale is such a happy little guy. He would probably enjoy playing with the flies. He seems to like anything that moves. I wonder if your mixture would also work on ants.
keep those fruit flies away from dale! also, remember that the sink is a possible home for many fruit flies- i once had them in a college apartment
Fun Facts:
1. The sperm that male fruit fly produces, is ~300 times longer than human sperm.
2. Females will store sperm for up to 2 weeks before mating again to replenish stores.
3. That female will fertilize hundreds of eggs from this one mating.
I hope you followed where she went to stop your fruit fly problem.