Re: Re: Fruit Fly Bombardment

June 9, 2011

Wonderful suggestion.

Thanks for sharing.

-published in the NY Times on December 16, 2008, Brzezinski said:

" To put it bluntly:

in earlier times, it was easier to control one

million people than to physically kill one million people;

today, it is infinitely easier to kill one million people

than to control one million people. "

June 9, 2011

This sounds like a good idea. I don't really want another bug jar in my house.

I've been using a bug jar for stink bugs since last year. But if the problem

gets too big, I will probably try this.

It seems I have knocked them down. Or else they are hiding, waiting for the next

available attraction. I eat alot of fruits and vegetable, too, so there are

always scraps in my garbage to attract them in summer. And it only takes the

smallest part of the core of an apple to bring a whole host of them! I swear

they already live in your house in great numbers. They are just waiting for food

to bring them out.

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To: original_kombucha

Sent: Thu, June 9, 2011 11:09:10 AM

Subject: Re: Re: Fruit Fly Bombardment

Why not make your own trap!! I did and it works beautifully!!

Take a canning jar.

Take out the insert out of the screw top.

Take a piece of paper( I used white) make a cone out of it.

when you make the cone, make the top part the size of the opening of the jar,

the small cone end, just small enough for a fly to go through, doesn't need to

be exact.

The length of the cone needs to be just shy of the bottom of the jar, if need

be, cut the top of the cone to fit the jar opening.

Screw down the top of the jar over the paper of the top of the cone. Make sure

the bottom is not being blocked by the bottom of the jar.

Either put a bit of fruit or KT in the bottom of the jar and screw the top of

the jar back on, making sure the top of the paper cone is under the screw top. I

actually put a (few) drops of KT on the inside of the cone to initially attract

the flys. It will eventually dry and they will go into the cone and get stuck in

the jar!!

Works everytime!! Take outside to empty the jar. You can either put new fruit in

when needed or a bit of KT. I wash out my jar when I need to so it doesn't get

toooo gunky!!

I'll post a pic later when I make my new jar up for the summer!

Namaste',

e Savage

Beacon of Light Healing

http://www.shophandmade.com/Store/Chakramama

Re: Re: Fruit Fly Bombardment

I gave up n bought the fly tape....

> They like the cellophane side and not the sticky side, so that won't work.

>Right

>

> now I have just tried disturbing my garbage so they would fly up and I sprayed

June 9, 2011

This sounds like a good idea. I don't really want another bug jar in my house.

I've been using a bug jar for stink bugs since last year. But if the problem

gets too big, I will probably try this.

It seems I have knocked them down. Or else they are hiding, waiting for the next

available attraction. I eat alot of fruits and vegetable, too, so there are

always scraps in my garbage to attract them in summer. And it only takes the

smallest part of the core of an apple to bring a whole host of them! I swear

they already live in your house in great numbers. They are just waiting for food

to bring them out.

________________________________

To: original_kombucha

Sent: Thu, June 9, 2011 11:09:10 AM

Subject: Re: Re: Fruit Fly Bombardment

Why not make your own trap!! I did and it works beautifully!!

Take a canning jar.

Take out the insert out of the screw top.

Take a piece of paper( I used white) make a cone out of it.

when you make the cone, make the top part the size of the opening of the jar,

the small cone end, just small enough for a fly to go through, doesn't need to

be exact.

The length of the cone needs to be just shy of the bottom of the jar, if need

be, cut the top of the cone to fit the jar opening.

Screw down the top of the jar over the paper of the top of the cone. Make sure

the bottom is not being blocked by the bottom of the jar.

Either put a bit of fruit or KT in the bottom of the jar and screw the top of

the jar back on, making sure the top of the paper cone is under the screw top. I

actually put a (few) drops of KT on the inside of the cone to initially attract

the flys. It will eventually dry and they will go into the cone and get stuck in

the jar!!

Works everytime!! Take outside to empty the jar. You can either put new fruit in

when needed or a bit of KT. I wash out my jar when I need to so it doesn't get

toooo gunky!!

I'll post a pic later when I make my new jar up for the summer!

Namaste',

e Savage

Beacon of Light Healing

http://www.shophandmade.com/Store/Chakramama

Re: Re: Fruit Fly Bombardment

I gave up n bought the fly tape....

> They like the cellophane side and not the sticky side, so that won't work.

>Right

>

> now I have just tried disturbing my garbage so they would fly up and I sprayed

June 9, 2011

Another thing worth sharing along these lines is this:

I bought a stainless steel compost bucket with a lid from one of the mail

order places a few years ago. I put all my plant based food scraps in it. It

stays in the cabinet under the sink; out of sight. This diverts a lot of

waste from the garbage, and keeps the pesky critters from breeding in the

trash can. I eat a lot for fruits and vegetables, so I need to empty it into

the compost bin outside almost daily. I give it a rinse outside to wash any

eggs or fruit fly maggots. If you do this too, you have to be careful not to

forget to empty it. It seems that no matter what you do you cannot prevent

fruit flies from trying to breed; and thinking of it, they're a lot like me

in this respect. ...So, if you neglect the bucket, you'll have a problem.

Trust me when I say it's not a pretty sight.

June 9, 2011