fruit fly trap

strmywthr3 · September 10, 2007

I've been over run with fruit flies lately with all the tomatoes around. After checking out my fermenting tomato seeds and finding flies in them, I decided to make a trap with a similar design.

I took a yogurt cup and put about a 1/4 cup of cider vinegar in it. placed plastic wrap over top and secured with a rubber band. poked a hole or 2 in the plastic wrap and set it out in the garage by my jars of fermenting seeds.

I did this yesterday. checked it today and it is full of fruit flies that found their way in, but can't get out!! I made a few more for the kitchen and garage and am hoping to get rid of those nasty flies.

September 10, 2007	#1
strmywthr3 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: central OH Zone 5 Posts: 90	fruit fly trap I've been over run with fruit flies lately with all the tomatoes around. After checking out my fermenting tomato seeds and finding flies in them, I decided to make a trap with a similar design. I took a yogurt cup and put about a 1/4 cup of cider vinegar in it. placed plastic wrap over top and secured with a rubber band. poked a hole or 2 in the plastic wrap and set it out in the garage by my jars of fermenting seeds. I did this yesterday. checked it today and it is full of fruit flies that found their way in, but can't get out!! I made a few more for the kitchen and garage and am hoping to get rid of those nasty flies. __________________ Barbi Last edited by strmywthr3; September 10, 2007 at 10:24 PM.