What bugs are bugging you the most these days?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (238268)
Walnut Creek, California
June 10, 2019 11:49am CST
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 really happy when I bring home fresh Granny Smith apples or bananas. And I know they'd go crazy for my dried mangoes.
I don't have roaches here. And I don't have black widows living inside my house. I get visited by the occasional fly or bee, but they don't bother me much. But the fruit flies were driving me nuts until I started putting my fruit in the fridge.
Do you have bugs in your life? Which is/are most bothersome to you. Also, did you study fruit flies in high school biology. We learned a bit about genetics by "raising" and studying fruit flies in my high school biology class.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
10 Jun 19
yer privy to that soapy water thingy to drown the lil darlin's, eh? fer myself, i'd say skeeters. don't oft get 'em here this time 'f year, usually not 'til late july/early august. alas, they'd be here despite my best 'fforts to keep 'em 't bay.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
11 Jun 19
@TheHorse i'm givin' ya a link to many options :)
Fruit flies can be a real pain, but there are ways to fight back.
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@TheHorse (238268)
• Walnut Creek, California
11 Jun 19
@crazyhorseladycx Oh, Gracias! I'll check it out.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
10 Jun 19
You have to put them into a ziploc bag so they cannot smell them, after you open that bag its damaged and they can get to them.
Biting flies and nosee`ems. But I made myself repellent, and I sell it, all natural.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
10 Jun 19
@TheHorse Yes you would 
And mine is not on the internet. I may get ideas from the internet but I make my own.
And mine is not on the internet. I may get ideas from the internet but I make my own.2 people like this
@TheHorse (238268)
• Walnut Creek, California
11 Jun 19
@andriaperry I use the internet for ideas as well.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
11 Jun 19
We get fruit flies every once in a while, but right now the yellow flies are about to carry us away.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
11 Jun 19
@TheHorse If anyone wants to introduce you, run for your life. They will aggravate the mess out of you and bite too.
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@TheHorse (238268)
• Walnut Creek, California
11 Jun 19
@1creekgirl Do you have a picture? I wonder if we had them in Michigan (where I went to Summer Camp).
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@Fleura (34927)
• United Kingdom
11 Jun 19
That's a shame, fruit doesn't taste as good if it's too cold. And you can't put bananas (a fruit fly favourite!) in the fridge as it makes them go black and nasty!
The fruit flies in my house usually go for the compost bucket, because that's where the banana skins and squashy bits of over-ripe fruit go. I guess that's quite useful because it keeps them away from my food! And I empty it every day or two so it never becomes a real problem. And we have a lot of spiders in the house so they probably help! If I have anything around, such as a fruit smoothie I'm half-way through drinking, I cover it with one of those old-fashioned beaded nets (maybe you could get a bigger one to cover the fruit bowl?)
https://www.lakeland.co.uk/18799/Lace-Effect-Beaded-Food-Bowl-%26-Pot-Cover---13cm-White?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIlvem2aLh4gIVrb_tCh3kTQzrEAQYASABEgI9GfD_BwE&src=gfeed&efid=EAIaIQobChMIlvem2aLh4gIVrb_tCh3kTQzrEAQYASABEgI9GfD_BwE:G:s&s_kwcid=AL!49!3!251304407447!!
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Nothing here yet but there will be flies and mosquitoes outside in a few weeks.
@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
10 Jun 19
I get this sticky tape type thing from the dollar store, that attracts the fruit flies and that's the end of that.
But what really bugs me is the whiteflies that keep trying to suck the life out of my tropical hibiscis.
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@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
11 Jun 19
@TheHorse It's full of little flying critters even as we speak.
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
13 Jun 19
ants.lil bast*rds seem to keep getting immune to the poison.
@wolfgirl569 (135583)
• Marion, Ohio
11 Jun 19
I hate skeeters and they like to sneak in during the summer months.
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@riverbetty108 (252)
• United States
10 Jun 19
we occasionally get ants, but not very often
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