OT: How to get rid of Fruit Flies...

[Mike Monett]

I have been having a problem that has been driving me crazy. Fruit Flies.

Not a bunch. Just a few. But I couldn\'t find out where they are coming
from.

Finally I found out. The kitchen sink! All the online instructions read
along these lines:

\"Pour a 1/2 cup of salt, 1/2 cup of baking soda and 1 cup of vinegar and
allow it to work its magic overnight. Follow up with boiling water the next
morning. Repeat if necessary. Pour a half gallon of water and 1 cup of
vinegar or bleach down the drain to sanitize.\"

That sounds like a lot of work. The \"Repeat if necessary sounds\" ominous. I
found a simpler method that works instantly. Guaranteed.

Just put a sink stopper in the drain.

I spent some time sifting through all the ones at Amazon. There\'s a bunch
in all price ranges. This one will do fine:

Black Plastic Kitchen Sink Stopper CDN$9.99

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B071WNZ623/

Fruit Flies are diurnal creatures, the same as humans. They go to sleep at
sundown. It will never get light more than a few seconds in the drain, so
they will never wake up. I haven\'t seen a single one since I plopped the
drain stopper on.

No more flypaper or bowls of apple vinegar with soap. No more calculating
the life cycle to tell when the next batch of eggs will hatch.

And no more swatting at pests that interrupt you when you are working at
the computer.

It\'s magic.




--
MRM

 

[a a]

On Friday, 22 July 2022 at 15:42:19 UTC+2, Mike Monett wrote:

I have been having a problem that has been driving me crazy. Fruit Flies.

Not a bunch. Just a few. But I couldn\'t find out where they are coming
from.

Finally I found out. The kitchen sink! All the online instructions read
along these lines:

\"Pour a 1/2 cup of salt, 1/2 cup of baking soda and 1 cup of vinegar and
allow it to work its magic overnight. Follow up with boiling water the next
morning. Repeat if necessary. Pour a half gallon of water and 1 cup of
vinegar or bleach down the drain to sanitize.\"

That sounds like a lot of work. The \"Repeat if necessary sounds\" ominous. I
found a simpler method that works instantly. Guaranteed.

Just put a sink stopper in the drain.

I spent some time sifting through all the ones at Amazon. There\'s a bunch
in all price ranges. This one will do fine:

Black Plastic Kitchen Sink Stopper CDN$9.99

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B071WNZ623/

Fruit Flies are diurnal creatures, the same as humans. They go to sleep at
sundown. It will never get light more than a few seconds in the drain, so
they will never wake up. I haven\'t seen a single one since I plopped the
drain stopper on.

No more flypaper or bowls of apple vinegar with soap. No more calculating
the life cycle to tell when the next batch of eggs will hatch.

And no more swatting at pests that interrupt you when you are working at
the computer.

It\'s magic.




--
MRM

marketing spam

 

[Joe Gwinn]

On Fri, 22 Jul 2022 13:42:08 -0000 (UTC), Mike Monett <spamme@not.com>
wrote:

I have been having a problem that has been driving me crazy. Fruit Flies.

Not a bunch. Just a few. But I couldn\'t find out where they are coming
from.

Finally I found out. The kitchen sink! All the online instructions read
along these lines:

\"Pour a 1/2 cup of salt, 1/2 cup of baking soda and 1 cup of vinegar and
allow it to work its magic overnight. Follow up with boiling water the next
morning. Repeat if necessary. Pour a half gallon of water and 1 cup of
vinegar or bleach down the drain to sanitize.\"

That sounds like a lot of work. The \"Repeat if necessary sounds\" ominous. I
found a simpler method that works instantly. Guaranteed.

Just put a sink stopper in the drain.

I spent some time sifting through all the ones at Amazon. There\'s a bunch
in all price ranges. This one will do fine:

Black Plastic Kitchen Sink Stopper CDN$9.99

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B071WNZ623/

Fruit Flies are diurnal creatures, the same as humans. They go to sleep at
sundown. It will never get light more than a few seconds in the drain, so
they will never wake up. I haven\'t seen a single one since I plopped the
drain stopper on.

No more flypaper or bowls of apple vinegar with soap. No more calculating
the life cycle to tell when the next batch of eggs will hatch.

And no more swatting at pests that interrupt you when you are working at
the computer.

It\'s magic.

So is running hot water straight from the tap while washing things. I
use cotton-lined rubber gloves so I can tolerate immersion in 130 F
water.

Joe Gwinn

 

[legg]

On Fri, 22 Jul 2022 13:42:08 -0000 (UTC), Mike Monett <spamme@not.com>
wrote:

I have been having a problem that has been driving me crazy. Fruit Flies.

Not a bunch. Just a few. But I couldn\'t find out where they are coming
from.

Finally I found out. The kitchen sink! All the online instructions read
along these lines:

\"Pour a 1/2 cup of salt, 1/2 cup of baking soda and 1 cup of vinegar and
allow it to work its magic overnight. Follow up with boiling water the next
morning. Repeat if necessary. Pour a half gallon of water and 1 cup of
vinegar or bleach down the drain to sanitize.\"

That sounds like a lot of work. The \"Repeat if necessary sounds\" ominous. I
found a simpler method that works instantly. Guaranteed.

Just put a sink stopper in the drain.

I spent some time sifting through all the ones at Amazon. There\'s a bunch
in all price ranges. This one will do fine:

Black Plastic Kitchen Sink Stopper CDN$9.99

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B071WNZ623/

Fruit Flies are diurnal creatures, the same as humans. They go to sleep at
sundown. It will never get light more than a few seconds in the drain, so
they will never wake up. I haven\'t seen a single one since I plopped the
drain stopper on.

No more flypaper or bowls of apple vinegar with soap. No more calculating
the life cycle to tell when the next batch of eggs will hatch.

And no more swatting at pests that interrupt you when you are working at
the computer.

It\'s magic.

I\'ve seen an infestation in faulty concrete cracks (wood chips at the
pour bottom and moisture from external). 35+ years after construction.

Don\'t forget basement drains.

If you get the occassional mouse, or just live in a rural area, it
will happen, eventually.

RL

 

[Don]

Joe Gwinn wrote:

Mike Monett wrote:

I have been having a problem that has been driving me crazy. Fruit Flies.

Not a bunch. Just a few. But I couldn\'t find out where they are coming
from.

Finally I found out. The kitchen sink! All the online instructions read
along these lines:

\"Pour a 1/2 cup of salt, 1/2 cup of baking soda and 1 cup of vinegar and
allow it to work its magic overnight. Follow up with boiling water the next
morning. Repeat if necessary. Pour a half gallon of water and 1 cup of
vinegar or bleach down the drain to sanitize.\"

That sounds like a lot of work. The \"Repeat if necessary sounds\" ominous. I
found a simpler method that works instantly. Guaranteed.

Just put a sink stopper in the drain.

I spent some time sifting through all the ones at Amazon. There\'s a bunch
in all price ranges. This one will do fine:

Black Plastic Kitchen Sink Stopper CDN$9.99

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B071WNZ623/

Fruit Flies are diurnal creatures, the same as humans. They go to sleep at
sundown. It will never get light more than a few seconds in the drain, so
they will never wake up. I haven\'t seen a single one since I plopped the
drain stopper on.

No more flypaper or bowls of apple vinegar with soap. No more calculating
the life cycle to tell when the next batch of eggs will hatch.

And no more swatting at pests that interrupt you when you are working at
the computer.

It\'s magic.

So is running hot water straight from the tap while washing things. I
use cotton-lined rubber gloves so I can tolerate immersion in 130 F
water.

It\'s also best to seal the overflow inlets when you have small, flying
bugs in your sink(s). A better solution is to use nature to fight
nature - if possible. For instance, here\'s how to use False Widows to
fend off Black Widows:

https://crcomp.net/charlenescobweb/index.php

Danke,

--
Don, KB7RPU, https://www.qsl.net/kb7rpu
There was a young lady named Bright Whose speed was far faster than light;
She set out one day In a relative way And returned on the previous night.

 

[server]

On Fri, 22 Jul 2022 13:42:08 -0000 (UTC), Mike Monett <spamme@not.com>
wrote:

I have been having a problem that has been driving me crazy. Fruit Flies.

Not a bunch. Just a few. But I couldn\'t find out where they are coming
from.

Finally I found out. The kitchen sink! All the online instructions read
along these lines:

\"Pour a 1/2 cup of salt, 1/2 cup of baking soda and 1 cup of vinegar and
allow it to work its magic overnight. Follow up with boiling water the next
morning. Repeat if necessary. Pour a half gallon of water and 1 cup of
vinegar or bleach down the drain to sanitize.\"

That sounds like a lot of work. The \"Repeat if necessary sounds\" ominous. I
found a simpler method that works instantly. Guaranteed.

Just put a sink stopper in the drain.

I spent some time sifting through all the ones at Amazon. There\'s a bunch
in all price ranges. This one will do fine:

Black Plastic Kitchen Sink Stopper CDN$9.99

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B071WNZ623/

Fruit Flies are diurnal creatures, the same as humans. They go to sleep at
sundown. It will never get light more than a few seconds in the drain, so
they will never wake up. I haven\'t seen a single one since I plopped the
drain stopper on.

No more flypaper or bowls of apple vinegar with soap. No more calculating
the life cycle to tell when the next batch of eggs will hatch.

And no more swatting at pests that interrupt you when you are working at
the computer.

It\'s magic.

Run some water now and then to flush the trap, and keep your fruit in
a proper mesh-covered basket.

 

[Don Y]

On 7/22/2022 6:42 AM, Mike Monett wrote:
> I have been having a problem that has been driving me crazy. Fruit Flies.

We get them every year, just about harvest time. Woodpeckers poke holes
in the fruit and the fruit flies materialize -- I suspect the woodpecker
uses this trick to lure it\'s \"dinner\".

The solution is to gather up all affected fruit and discard it before
they become breeding grounds.

Not a bunch. Just a few. But I couldn\'t find out where they are coming
from.

Finally I found out. The kitchen sink! All the online instructions read
along these lines:

They will seek out moisture. In the drain, in the aerator, wet sponge, etc.
We keep a spray bottle handy and spritz the drain/aerator periodically
to flush them out (and kill them) in that \"season\".

You\'ll similarly find mosquitoes hanging out in your bathroom.

\"Pour a 1/2 cup of salt, 1/2 cup of baking soda and 1 cup of vinegar and
allow it to work its magic overnight. Follow up with boiling water the next
morning. Repeat if necessary. Pour a half gallon of water and 1 cup of
vinegar or bleach down the drain to sanitize.\"

That sounds like a lot of work. The \"Repeat if necessary sounds\" ominous. I
found a simpler method that works instantly. Guaranteed.

They have a short breeding cycle. I used to use them in science experiments
in high school (kept in a tube of agar).

> Just put a sink stopper in the drain.

Or, periodically clean sink (with bleach and hot water).

I spent some time sifting through all the ones at Amazon. There\'s a bunch
in all price ranges. This one will do fine:

Black Plastic Kitchen Sink Stopper CDN$9.99

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B071WNZ623/

Fruit Flies are diurnal creatures, the same as humans. They go to sleep at
sundown. It will never get light more than a few seconds in the drain, so
they will never wake up. I haven\'t seen a single one since I plopped the
drain stopper on.

No more flypaper or bowls of apple vinegar with soap. No more calculating
the life cycle to tell when the next batch of eggs will hatch.

And no more swatting at pests that interrupt you when you are working at
the computer.

It\'s magic.

 

[corvid]

On 7/22/22 06:42, Mike Monett wrote:

I have been having a problem that has been driving me crazy. Fruit
Flies.

Not a bunch. Just a few. But I couldn\'t find out where they are
coming from.

Finally I found out. The kitchen sink! All the online instructions
read along these lines:

\"Pour a 1/2 cup of salt, 1/2 cup of baking soda and 1 cup of vinegar
and allow it to work its magic overnight. Follow up with boiling
water the next morning. Repeat if necessary. Pour a half gallon of
water and 1 cup of vinegar or bleach down the drain to sanitize.\"

That sounds like a lot of work. The \"Repeat if necessary sounds\"
ominous. I found a simpler method that works instantly. Guaranteed.

Just put a sink stopper in the drain.

I spent some time sifting through all the ones at Amazon. There\'s a
bunch in all price ranges. This one will do fine:

Black Plastic Kitchen Sink Stopper CDN$9.99

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B071WNZ623/

Fruit Flies are diurnal creatures, the same as humans. They go to
sleep at sundown. It will never get light more than a few seconds in
the drain, so they will never wake up. I haven\'t seen a single one
since I plopped the drain stopper on.

No more flypaper or bowls of apple vinegar with soap. No more
calculating the life cycle to tell when the next batch of eggs will
hatch.

And no more swatting at pests that interrupt you when you are working
at the computer.

It\'s magic.

Tell me how to find the cricket that\'s spent the past week about 10 feet
away from where I\'m sleeping.

 

[Martin Rid]

jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com Wrote in message:r

On Fri, 22 Jul 2022 13:42:08 -0000 (UTC), Mike Monett <spamme@not.com>wrote:>I have been having a problem that has been driving me crazy. Fruit Flies.>>Not a bunch. Just a few. But I couldn\'t find out where they are coming >from.>>Finally I found out. The kitchen sink! All the online instructions read >along these lines:>>\"Pour a 1/2 cup of salt, 1/2 cup of baking soda and 1 cup of vinegar and >allow it to work its magic overnight. Follow up with boiling water the next >morning. Repeat if necessary. Pour a half gallon of water and 1 cup of >vinegar or bleach down the drain to sanitize.\">>That sounds like a lot of work. The \"Repeat if necessary sounds\" ominous. I >found a simpler method that works instantly. Guaranteed.>>Just put a sink stopper in the drain.>>I spent some time sifting through all the ones at Amazon. There\'s a bunch >in all price ranges. This one will do fine:>>Black Plastic Kitchen Sink Stopper CDN$9.99>>https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B071WNZ623/>>Fruit Flies are diurnal creatures, the same as humans. They go to sleep at >sundown. It will never get light more than a few seconds in the drain, so >they will never wake up. I haven\'t seen a single one since I plopp
ed the >drain stopper on.>>No more flypaper or bowls of apple vinegar with soap. No more calculating >the life cycle to tell when the next batch of eggs will hatch.>>And no more swatting at pests that interrupt you when you are working at >the computer.>>It\'s magic.Run some water now and then to flush the trap, and keep your fruit ina proper mesh-covered basket.

2nd bathrooms with a shower that are rarely used, eventually the
shower trap dries out. The result is sewer flies and
gasses.

Cheers
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[Lasse Langwadt Christensen]

fredag den 22. juli 2022 kl. 20.31.19 UTC+2 skrev Martin Rid:

jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com Wrote in message:r
On Fri, 22 Jul 2022 13:42:08 -0000 (UTC), Mike Monett <spa...@not.com>wrote:>I have been having a problem that has been driving me crazy. Fruit Flies.>>Not a bunch. Just a few. But I couldn\'t find out where they are coming >from.>>Finally I found out. The kitchen sink! All the online instructions read >along these lines:>>\"Pour a 1/2 cup of salt, 1/2 cup of baking soda and 1 cup of vinegar and >allow it to work its magic overnight. Follow up with boiling water the next >morning. Repeat if necessary. Pour a half gallon of water and 1 cup of >vinegar or bleach down the drain to sanitize.\">>That sounds like a lot of work. The \"Repeat if necessary sounds\" ominous. I >found a simpler method that works instantly. Guaranteed.>>Just put a sink stopper in the drain.>>I spent some time sifting through all the ones at Amazon. There\'s a bunch >in all price ranges. This one will do fine:>>Black Plastic Kitchen Sink Stopper CDN$9.99>>https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B071WNZ623/>>Fruit Flies are diurnal creatures, the same as humans. They go to sleep at >sundown. It will never get light more than a few seconds in the drain, so >they will never wake up. I haven\'t seen a single one since I plopped the >drain stopper on.>>No more flypaper or bowls of apple vinegar with soap. No more calculating >the life cycle to tell when the next batch of eggs will hatch.>>And no more swatting at pests that interrupt you when you are working at >the computer.>>It\'s magic.Run some water now and then to flush the trap, and keep your fruit ina proper mesh-covered basket.

2nd bathrooms with a shower that are rarely used, eventually the
shower trap dries out. The result is sewer flies and
gasses.

try something like this?, meant for waterless urinals https://www.waterless..com/blueseal-1

 

[Mike Monett]

Martin Rid <martin_riddle@verison.net> wrote:

[...]

2nd bathrooms with a shower that are rarely used, eventually the
shower trap dries out. The result is sewer flies and
gasses.

Cheers

I just pour mineral oil down the drain to fill the trap.


--
MRM

 

[bitrex]

On 7/22/2022 2:41 PM, Mike Monett wrote:

Martin Rid <martin_riddle@verison.net> wrote:

[...]

2nd bathrooms with a shower that are rarely used, eventually the
shower trap dries out. The result is sewer flies and
gasses.

Cheers

I just pour mineral oil down the drain to fill the trap.

Not very septic-friendly

 

[John Larkin]

On Fri, 22 Jul 2022 14:31:12 -0400 (EDT), Martin Rid
<martin_riddle@verison.net> wrote:

jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com Wrote in message:r
On Fri, 22 Jul 2022 13:42:08 -0000 (UTC), Mike Monett <spamme@not.com>wrote:>I have been having a problem that has been driving me crazy. Fruit Flies.>>Not a bunch. Just a few. But I couldn\'t find out where they are coming >from.>>Finally I found out. The kitchen sink! All the online instructions read >along these lines:>>\"Pour a 1/2 cup of salt, 1/2 cup of baking soda and 1 cup of vinegar and >allow it to work its magic overnight. Follow up with boiling water the next >morning. Repeat if necessary. Pour a half gallon of water and 1 cup of >vinegar or bleach down the drain to sanitize.\">>That sounds like a lot of work. The \"Repeat if necessary sounds\" ominous. I >found a simpler method that works instantly. Guaranteed.>>Just put a sink stopper in the drain.>>I spent some time sifting through all the ones at Amazon. There\'s a bunch >in all price ranges. This one will do fine:>>Black Plastic Kitchen Sink Stopper CDN$9.99>>https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B071WNZ623/>>Fruit Flies are
diurnal creatures, the same as humans. They go to sleep at >sundown. It will never get light more than a few seconds in the drain, so >they will never wake up. I haven\'t seen a single one since I plopped the >drain stopper on.>>No more flypaper or bowls of apple vinegar with soap. No more calculating >the life cycle to tell when the next batch of eggs will hatch.>>And no more swatting at pests that interrupt you when you are working at >the computer.>>It\'s magic.Run some water now and then to flush the trap, and keep your fruit ina proper mesh-covered basket.

2nd bathrooms with a shower that are rarely used, eventually the
shower trap dries out. The result is sewer flies and
gasses.

Cheers

Yes. I run a bit of hot and cold water now and then in rarely-used
drains. People don\'t use bathtubs much these days.

Can mosquitoes breed in traps?

 

[rbowman]

On 07/22/2022 07:42 AM, Mike Monett wrote:
> Just put a sink stopper in the drain.

That assumes the fruit flies are living in your sink.

 

[Ricky]

On Friday, July 22, 2022 at 9:42:19 AM UTC-4, Mike Monett wrote:

I have been having a problem that has been driving me crazy. Fruit Flies.

Not a bunch. Just a few. But I couldn\'t find out where they are coming
from.

Finally I found out. The kitchen sink! All the online instructions read
along these lines:

\"Pour a 1/2 cup of salt, 1/2 cup of baking soda and 1 cup of vinegar and
allow it to work its magic overnight. Follow up with boiling water the next
morning. Repeat if necessary. Pour a half gallon of water and 1 cup of
vinegar or bleach down the drain to sanitize.\"

That sounds like a lot of work. The \"Repeat if necessary sounds\" ominous. I
found a simpler method that works instantly. Guaranteed.

Just put a sink stopper in the drain.

I spent some time sifting through all the ones at Amazon. There\'s a bunch
in all price ranges. This one will do fine:

Black Plastic Kitchen Sink Stopper CDN$9.99

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B071WNZ623/

Fruit Flies are diurnal creatures, the same as humans. They go to sleep at
sundown. It will never get light more than a few seconds in the drain, so
they will never wake up. I haven\'t seen a single one since I plopped the
drain stopper on.

No more flypaper or bowls of apple vinegar with soap. No more calculating
the life cycle to tell when the next batch of eggs will hatch.

And no more swatting at pests that interrupt you when you are working at
the computer.

It\'s magic.

So filling the sink with water a draining it did not flush them out? Maybe your real problem is something stuck in your pipe that is providing a safe harbor for them? If so, you will eventually end up with a clogged sink. I\'d run a snake or coat hanger down the drain, or maybe just unscrew the trap and check it out visually. I don\'t think fruit flies would be able to get past the trap, so they must be coming from the trap. It can be amazing how easy it is for stuff to get snagged in the drain.

I find the complicated procedures to be a bit humorous. I think it is an example of people thinking up shit without ever testing it.

--

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[Ricky]

On Friday, July 22, 2022 at 11:50:38 AM UTC-4, Don Y wrote:

On 7/22/2022 6:42 AM, Mike Monett wrote:
I have been having a problem that has been driving me crazy. Fruit Flies.
We get them every year, just about harvest time. Woodpeckers poke holes
in the fruit and the fruit flies materialize -- I suspect the woodpecker
uses this trick to lure it\'s \"dinner\".

The solution is to gather up all affected fruit and discard it before
they become breeding grounds.
Not a bunch. Just a few. But I couldn\'t find out where they are coming
from.

Finally I found out. The kitchen sink! All the online instructions read
along these lines:
They will seek out moisture. In the drain, in the aerator, wet sponge, etc.
We keep a spray bottle handy and spritz the drain/aerator periodically
to flush them out (and kill them) in that \"season\".

You\'ll similarly find mosquitoes hanging out in your bathroom.
\"Pour a 1/2 cup of salt, 1/2 cup of baking soda and 1 cup of vinegar and
allow it to work its magic overnight. Follow up with boiling water the next
morning. Repeat if necessary. Pour a half gallon of water and 1 cup of
vinegar or bleach down the drain to sanitize.\"

That sounds like a lot of work. The \"Repeat if necessary sounds\" ominous. I
found a simpler method that works instantly. Guaranteed.
They have a short breeding cycle. I used to use them in science experiments
in high school (kept in a tube of agar).
Just put a sink stopper in the drain.
Or, periodically clean sink (with bleach and hot water).

We had a genetics class in college with a lab that was a bit tough. A proper chromosome squash procedure was a requirement to pass the class. They used lots of fruit flies and didn\'t like it when they escaped. A particular TA was pretty hard nosed and rude about it, so someone, not me, went into the lab over the weekend, and let a bunch of fruit flies out. Come Monday, the TA was furious, probably because the professor was ticked off. I\'m sure the culprit was never found, but we all enjoyed it.

--

Rick C.

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