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  • From: Katherine Russell <Katherine.Russell@oberlin.edu>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Fruit Flies (off topic)
  • Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 11:40:36 -0400

I recently mustered a cloud of fruitflies out of my kitchen by 1) removing
all the delicious smelling fruit from view (into the fridge); and then
progressively easing them toward the door by placing some bruised and rotting
fruit in the bottom of a grocery sack which I moved towards the door in
stages, giving the flies about half an hour for each leg of the journey. They
obligingly followed the fruit and rested around it. The door open, I placed
the still-open bag right by the threshhold, and over about half an hour most
of the fruitflies made the final, scary journey of 5 - 7 feet or so into the
outside world where they settled once again on the fruit and the sides of the
bag. Door closed, shake bag and re-use or discard. It worked far better than
what I had tried before, which was to remove all the fruit and wait for the
damn flies to die off.

Best - KR

----- Original Message -----
From: Mauch1@aol.com
Date: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 9:28 am
Subject: [NAFEX] Fruit Flies (off topic)

> Since this is a fruit group, I thought there might be some
> expertise here on how to control/get rid of fruit flies out of our
> kitchen. We keep trying to move resources for them, but they seem
> to keep finding something to sustain them (If nothing else is
> available they'll 'rest' on the Amaryllis plants I have in the
> kitchen window). They're a huge cloud as of now. Has anyone had
> this kind of problem and what was successful on getting rid of
> them for you?
>
> TIA
>
> --
> Chris Mauchline
> SE PA, zone 6
> 40° 5' N    75° 51'W
> ~650 ft elevation
>
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