fruit flies

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Stacey @xstitcher (39039) • Petaluma, California 16 Jan 25

Hello, all! It's 12:34, and I've been home about fifteen or twenty minutes. When I was putting food away, I checked a bag on the floor and it was full of rotting fruit, so I took it straight to the dumpster! I do not...

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What bugs are bugging you the most these days?

The Horse @TheHorse (238325) • Walnut Creek, California 10 Jun 19

I bought some dried mangoes at Trader Joe's yesterday. I enjoy them at room temperature, and would like to leave them on my counter, or in the cupboard, but I can't The reason? I have fruit flies living in my kitchen. They get...

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I had two kills today.

The Horse @TheHorse (238325) • Walnut Creek, California 15 Dec 18

I had two kills today. I don't like hurting animals, but fruit flies buzzing directly in front of my face will be destroyed. I think they're here because I tend to eat a bit of banana and a bit of Granny Smith apple, and leave...

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Fruit Flies on my fruit, fruit flies in my wine, too many fruit flies

James Higgins @JamesHxstatic (29410) • Eugene, Oregon 8 Oct 16

Tiny fruit flies or their eggs can come into your house on the nice fruit you bring home from the market. If it is a day when you have some windows open, they can squeeze their tiny bodies through the screens or sneak in when you...

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Fruit Flies and Things to Do This Week

Marsha @MarshaMusselman (38865) • Midland, Michigan 26 Sep 16

Have you ever had a fruit fly infestation? For whatever reason we've had an influx of them this summer and they are even in our bathroom. My sister told me about putting cider vinegar in a container with a little Dawn dish soap. I...

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Fruit Fly Fun

AnjaP @Rollo1 (16676) • Boston, Massachusetts 21 Sep 15

The latest in my long list of insect plagues is fruit flies. I think they came in on a bag of tomatoes that my sister brought me that someone gave to her out of the bounty of their home garden. But some the tomatoes were already...

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Fly at me one more time......

Rosekitty @Rosekitty (19368) • San Marcos, Texas 18 Aug 15

Or you will be smashed.. I have these irritating fruit flies that are really bugging me...I put all the fruit in the fridge but they(flies) are still zooming around..I like keeping the fruit out so i remember to eat. And if it is...

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fruit flies**** where do they come from..

raven66 @raven66 (335) • Canada 22 Aug 10

So I have been wondering from WHERE and HOW do these fruit flies come from.. . ?? If I leave a banana peal or some other fruit peals inside a container or in the garbage they appear within 15 hours or 20 hours...HOW does this...

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Fruit flies in my coffee mug. Ewwwww

animegirl334 @animegirl334 (3263) • United States 4 Jan 10

Four weeks ago, I left left for winter vacation, forgetting that my coffee mug still had coffee in it. Today, I come back to my room and to find thirty fruit flies flying around my room and many more inside my cup. I'm too scared...

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Fruit Flies

Jennlk84 @Jennlk84 (4205) • United States 24 Aug 09

My husband and I went away for the weekend. In that time period we had bananas sitting out that got rather brown. Well we came home to TONS of fruit flies!! Now I can't get rid of them!!!!!! Does anyone know how to get rid of...

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What’s next? The Olympics?

arkaf61 @arkaf61 (10881) • Canada 17 Jul 09

I have learned that fruit flies are very good swimmers? Some of you might remember that I was dealing with a problem with fruit flies after we bought some bananas some last month. I posted a discussion about it and got quite a...

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How do you get rid of Fruit Flies?

moneymommy @moneymommy (3418) • United States 10 Feb 09

I had a bag of oranges that I forgot about in a cabinet. They went bad and of course I ended up with fruit flies. Now this was a week ago. I am still seeing fruit flies but I have no more fruit in the house. How do you get rid of...

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Sarah Palin - mocks Fruit Fly Research - which benefits Autism!

Foxxee @Foxxee (3650) • United States 30 Oct 08

Sarah Palin… I just don't understand this mindless woman! She acts like she knows what she speaks, but the truth of the matter is, she doesn't know nothing about nothing! Recently she talked down on the [Fruit Fly...

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How do we have fruit flies, if we have no fruit?

guss2000 @guss2000 (2232) • United States 10 Jul 07

The last two days I've noticed a few fruit flies in the kitchen. I was kind of confused because normally you need rotten fruit to have fruit flies. I've never had this happen in my house before! I have no fruit, or anything out in...

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Fruit Flies or Honey?

helpful_ideas @helpful_ideas (1620) • United States 1 Jun 07

So goes the old saying "You can catch more flies with honey than vinegar." Now my problem: I have fruit flies,. I've done my best to get rid of all the places they can hatch but I am not physically capable of keeping up with...