How to Get Rid of Fruit Flies

Fruit flies are peculiar creatures. Once they invade your house or office, it is very difficult to get rid of them. Fruit flies are common in homes, restaurants, supermarkets and any place where food (cooked or raw) of any kind is allowed to rot and ferment. The best way to deal with fruit flies is prevention: dispose of fruits, vegetables and other foods before they become overripe and begin to decay; store cooked foods swiftly and appropriately; seal all stored foods in containers with air-tight lids. But even when practicing prevention, fruit flies will sometimes maintain a consistent presence in our homes. When the pestering flies seem immune to your scrubbing, cleaning, and spraying, we can help. Here are some inexpensive ways to get rid of fruit flies and to keep those flying monsters away for good.

How to Get Rid Of Fruit Flies

Fruit flies are commonly associated with fermenting fruits and vegetables. They easily develop in over-ripe fruits or other foods, fermenting liquid in the bottom of garbage cans, a dirty mop, or a rotting potato or onion in the vegetable bin. Recently emerged adults are attracted to light.Our fruit fly control products include liquids, a fly machine and aerosols. Please see our pest control equipment on ways to disperse these insecticides.

Get rid of fruit flies with a soda bottle trap

Remove the lid and label from a clean, empty plastic two-liter soda bottle.
Carefully remove the upper third of the bottle by cutting along its circumference at approximately where the top of the label used to be.
Put an attractive liquid such as orange juice or cider vinegar in the cup-shaped part of the now-severed bottle.

Fruit flies get in through windows:

Make sure you check all of your windows for cracks in the sealing or tears in your screens. Also, make sure your screen's frames are flush against their fittings.

Fruit flies love dumpsters:

If you live next to a dumpster, it would be wise to make sure any entrances or windows facing that area are sealed. Also, get your landlord to make sure the dumpster's lid closes correctly.

Fruit fly elimination:

A fruit fly is a small flying insect about 1/8 inch in length with red eyes. The key to how to get rid of fruit flies is to locate and eliminate their breeding sources. Although there are several sprays and traps used to kill flies in a home, restaurant or other structure, the infestation cannot be completely eradicated without eliminating its source.
Don’t let them infest your food
Fruit flies are nasty little pests, and an infestation large or small is an unwelcome sight in the kitchen. chow Food Editor Aïda Mollenkamp demonstrates a quick, easy way to lure fruit flies away from your food.

Health Risks:

Fruit flies are a nuisance, but they also have the potential to contaminate food with bacteria and other disease-producing organisms. Let us provide you the resources on how to get rid of fruit flies.