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["Antonio Scotti" <antonio.scotti@tiscali.es>]

Yes Colin, it must be vinegar fly, sorry about that.
So does  it all comes down to maintaining the container drier?
I have noticed that by mixing dry paper with the (de)composting material
they use their surface as a place where
to stay while they are in their larval state. Actually the seem to be fond
of any "solid" flat surface, be it organic or not (container walls)
Cheers
Antonio

----- Original Message -----
From: Colin Endean <kunmanara@mpx.com.au>
To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 7:18 AM
Subject: Re: [permaculture] Fruit fly problem


> These are probably 'vinegar fly' rather than what we usually call fruit
> fly.
> These are very fond of the 'vegie scrap' bucket and the worm farm
> whilst there's decaying fruit material. Attracted to the acidic
> decomposition?
> Make sure it's not too moist and becoming anaerobic. Otherwise we've
> been living with a few hanging around the vermicomposting bins for the
> many years they've been consuming our kitchen scraps. Seems OK if
> they're outside. Part of the web of life, decomposing the once living
> matter of fruit and vegies.
> Cheers
> Colin
> On 17/03/2004, at 4:07 AM, Antonio Scotti wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I have being doing some vermicomposting at home for a year now, and
> > one of the problems
> > so far is that there is a proliferation of fruit fly.
> > Does anyone know what might be a possible cause and what to do?
> > Antonio Scotti
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