4 Sure Ways to Get Rid of Fruit Flies at Home
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Ah, it's summertime! So you probably have some delicious fruit in your kitchen: peaches, strawberries, oranges... But you know how it goes - you bought more bananas than you could eat up in time, so, it’s time to talk about fruit flies. Yup, you're not alone in your love of fruits!
Bugs are not what you want to find in your house. And fruit flies are especially annoying because it doesn't take long for them to take over your kitchen. Luckily, there are several easy ways to get rid of those pesky critters. So here are some tips on how you can keep them out of your sweet summer treats for good!
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TIMESTAMPS:
The Funnel Method 0:50
The Bowl Trap 3:01
Freezer Swap 4:08
Prevention 4:51
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SYMMARY:
- The funnel trick is a magic trap for fruit flies, and it’s kind of a fun DIY project.
- Start by grabbing a tall vase or jar to use as your base container.
- Next, you’ll need to choose your fruit fly bait. Fruit flies go after anything sugary.
- Now, roll a piece of paper to create a funnel shape, and tape it so that it keeps its form.
- Stick the narrow end through the top of your base container so that the funnel is resting in the opening.
- Finally, set your fruit fly trap near the infested area - perhaps near your fruit bowl, garbage, or sink.
- There's a similar method but with a little less crafting. All you need do is put ripe or rotten fruit in the bottom of a medium or large bowl.
- Throw in a sweet liquid as well, maybe soda or syrup.
- Cover the bowl as tightly as possible with plastic or Saran wrap. Grab a fork and poke holes around the top of the wrap.
- This is the same idea as the funnel method - we’re luring the fruit flies to a bait that they can get to while making it harder for them to escape.
- Take 2 medium-sized jars and fill them with fruit rinds and peels. Cover the mouths of your jars with clear stretchy plastic wrap.
- Poke a small hole, perhaps with a toothpick, in the middle of the dents; this is where the fruit flies will enter the trap.
- When you notice fruit flies in one jar, put it in the freezer. This will freeze the flies and their eggs!
- The one sure-fire way to prevent fruit flies in the first place is to store your fruit properly.
- Once the fruit is ripe, it’ll last much longer when refrigerated.
- Even if your bananas are black on the outside, still try refrigerating them - this may save the tasty inside.
- Citrus fruits like oranges and grapefruit stop ripening after they’re picked, so these can stay in the fridge for up to 3 weeks.
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Hey there, BrightSiders! Have you ever had fruit flies at your place?
Hi,
No,not for my case....
I am from New delhi(Captial of India)
sachin kumar no fruit flies in Delhi?
Starting was hilarious 😂😂
Ya
I hv some right now thx ill try these tommorow
I don’t even got food in front of me and the food flies still just wanna hover in front of my face it’s so annoying
They usually hover around trash and you play Fortnite. Something's up..
@@ilovepineapple6393 😐😐😐
@@ilovepineapple6393 Fortnite is trash and I agree with your statement lol.
@@basedpeko7494 you aren't wrong.
they r attracted to bad breath and the carbon dioxide u exhale.
this is so weird because there are currently a lot of fruit flies in my house, and i was just about to search how to get rid of them
Rebekah Waldron perfect timing, isn’t it?
BRIGHT SIDE I did it and it’s perfect! Worked fast too!
Same lol, actually googled it yesterday and made a fruit fly trap
They're listening
Same
I’m having a terrible time this summer with fruit flies. I’ve been taking care of my aunt who is having chemo, and haven’t been home much. I accidentally left an overripe watermelon on my kitchen table, and by the time I discovered it, I had probably 1,000 flies. I’ve caught hundreds of them on sticky traps, but they just keep reproducing! It’s driving me crazy
Keep your sinks plugged. That's usually how they get in. Also pour some bleach or boiling water down your drains.
Get a trash bag open it and hold it open and run a scoop them all in it, take it outside far from the home and release and repeat until you captured them all🤷
@@monyaseymour4107dont release them they deserve to die
@@monyaseymour4107Okay sweetheart, are you being serious or trolling? I honestly cannot tell and am legit asking..
I am a witness that the bowl method works great. Been doing it for years.
I definitely believe that the fruit flies come in on the fruit, or at least the eggs do. So I scrub all fruit that comes in the house or rinse thoroughly things that you can't scrub like grapes or strawberries. Definitely cuts down the problem significantly
Yup..
Also your sinks and toilets
Wow
Agree
I dislike fruit flies(and gnats). They just spawn in your house, go into *thotty mode* , and then spawn more.
Gotta have someone camp at spwn point ;)
your pfp make me feel so uncomfortable.
Thotty mode initiate
😂😂😂😂
The dish soap one actually worked. I accidentally put dish soap in one of my coffee cups to wash them later and i saw a whole bunch of fruit flies lie inside helplessly
Maybe they were already in your your dish soap in an ingredient!
@@traceywindle962 No, they weren't..
i tried the first funnel one with apple cider vinegar. it did the job and was barely an effort.
i forgot to mention. if the flies keep showing up. use a second trap. put the first one outside and put the new one in place until they stop showing up. that worked for me.
Annavill Nilsson great! Thanx for sharing!
@@BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL I did that too. But they never stop coming.
@@RainingMetal what did you do to get rid of them?
This would’ve been nice in the beginning of the summer
BIG AL’s Reactions fruits are still available, aren’t they?
@@BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL PIN ME
I have fruit flies in my room, and I live in northern Europe.
Debbie Downer! lol
It's almost winter here and I don't even have any fruit laying open anymore, but the flies won't leave... Time to let flies meet their maker? (4:57)
Great video. This summer must have been the fruit flies' year: I have never seen so many fruit flies. I declared war, and use hot water as my weapon, and lots of swatting, but they just kept sending in their reinforcement. I lost the war. I never thought that I would ever be so happy to see cold weather.
That's because the fruit flys are smarter than you
@@DoubletroublePaintball 😮
Thank you, I left an open four loco in my room for about a week and when I came back they were everywhere in my room so this helped a lot
When using the bowl method I would recommend mixing glue and chocolate milk for it because it works great like that
Cute tricks!! Try keeping your living area (residence) super clean. When throwing the wasted fruit away (after your done eating them), wrap it up in plastic wrap, make sure no trapped air, then discard. Fruit flies always come along for the ride-no matter what.
So everyone is wasting way more plastic
I have tiny fruit flies all over my room while I'm watching this😐 but DEFINITELY gonna try this. They are feasting on my sugar candy.
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I'm not last.
You scrolling along,
May your day be blessed. 🌞
Thank u but that didn’t rhyme
no
Its night
@• your evil but we all know where evil go
I’ve taken clear plastic drink bottles, poked (or melted) holes in the side, and used apple cider vinegar.
Margaret Mathis did it work
Shayna Sharma Very much so! You learn by trial and error as to how many holes, the size, and placement that works best.
Adding to the comment on keeping the fruit flies out of the kitchen, I'll say that I used the 50/50 wash of white vinegar and tap water. In the plastic container, after washing the bananas, were about five or six limpid, small, black objects that looked as if they were fruit flies.
The problem is, the fruit flies at my house eat basically everything, they touch everything and see everything.
Use a bowl, pour in acv only 4 or 5 tablespoons mix in some sugar, add 2 drops of dish washing liquid, stir.wrap with clear plastic wrap, poke tooth pick holes several, traps hundreds in one day, change out when needed....
can i use normal vinegar?
@@gnsgml11 did you try something other than ACV, did it work?
This dont work
What is AcV?
@@MarijuanaSmoke18 Apple cider vinegar
Simplest thing I found was hang fly paper over the sink and garbage can. Works like a charm. 👍
Can buy them anywhere. Dollar stores, Walmart, groccery aisle etc
I had success with a jar trap using a funnel made from a resealable bag and a rubber band. They like the smell of vinegar (hence their name, vinegar flies). I have used ACV, red wine or balsamic vinegar, and even leftover wine or tawny port.
I find that keeping my fruit bowl in the fridge helps. I also freeze citrus fruits in pieces, frozen lemon in cold drinks and frozen oranges for a cool summer snack. Old bananas and berries can be frozen for baking or smoothies.
Another way to get rid of fruit flies is to get a styrofoam plate and some oil.
1.Add a little bit of oil to the plate
2.mix the oil around so it’s everywhere on the plate
3.Then if you see any fruit flies, swat them with the “oily styrofoam plate” and they will stick onto the plate
I hope those instructions were clear 😅 I’m bad at explaining 😳
What kind of oil?? Motor oil, olive oil, coconut oil? Does it matter
Charles Thomas I think it doesn’t really matter as long as it’s liquidity haha lol, I used canola oil and it worked out fine :D
Charles Thomas This way really helped me because it gets rid of them really fast. :-)
i have a great way, ALWAYS works!
so i had fruit flies, pretty infuriating.
what i done was got rid of the food and cleaned where the food was,
then i sprayed frebreeze, let i linger for a minute or two then hoorvered.
after i hoorvered my floor I sprayed a bit more frebreeze.
Here’s where it gets rid of them for good, take the hoover hose and hold it in the air for about three minutes.
Boom, works like a charm EVERY TIME!!❤️
If u guys dont know what she means by hoorvered she means vacuum!
@@julianq641 OMGOODNESS!! I was trying to understand it by rereading it. Thanks!!!
TIMESTAMPS:
The Funnel Method 0:50
The Bowl Trap 3:01
Freezer Swap 4:08
Prevention 4:51
Thx my mom did it and its simple and easy
Thanks a lot
You are time saver
Try leaving your coffee with sugar and cream lol. I've left my coffee alone on my lamp table and when I returned to my coffee there have been up to four fruitflies floating on top of my coffee, this happened three different times. They land in my coffee and drown lol.
They come to my home on fruit from the store. Spray with vegi wash or vinegar before bringing it inside. Air conditioning will stop the few from outside as they go right through screens. Or use the traps which are effective.
The bowl method with Apple Cider Vinegar is my favourite, it works like a charm.
Bill Does Stuff it didn’t work for me
*If you told me this before I wouldn't have those sleepless nights*
sajid Chohan were they sleepless because of flies?
I've been doing DIY for like 3 years when fruit flies get everywhere in the house but I use baking soda and something else to travel vinegar apple cider
For the best control solution after the jars, supplement with a complete counter soaping with a few drops of non- organic cleaner before rinsing.
We used water and a small amount of ammonia in spay bottles and it worked like a charm.
This man is a beast...can you tell us how many team members are there with you..how can you manage all videos?
Fruit fly trap-pour about an inch of apple cider vinegar in a 16 oz. glass. Add a few drops of dishwashing detergent. Add hot water to make it foam. Put it near the fruit or garbage can. The flies will land on the foam and be trapped. Make the foam again until the flies are gone. Make up more glasses of the concoction as needed.
Tip: Use boiled white vinegar in all your drains and then the them and this should stop them.
boiled vinegar can be toxic
I always refrigerate bananas the skins turn black but the fruit inside it perfect I also freeze some and they turn black but once peeled they are a great icy treat in smoothies
This really works, my SISTER put it in her back yard for her cook out.she also had jars with larger holes that contract other flying pests at the cook out
Yes finnaly i hate them they try to go in my ears
AgentMez Yt Ew
@@I.love.chease Your so mean because it is true
@@ohmywukong I can feel you there 😩 annoying bugs... I'm afraid they might make my ears their den and lay eggs on it 😖 terrifying..
Doesn't that mean you have a lot of wax in your ears?
@@johnkevinsilagan9139 I, too, have the same terrying feeling that the 'flying monsters' go into my ears at night. Wish there was something to keep them out of my ears!
3:40 "NOOOO....NO NO NO" LOL
No wut?
@@sarpla5857 that’s what they flies say
BRIGHT SIDE GOT A DARK HUMOUR
These guys are intelligent af
We need to study them more
They terrorized me for 2 weeks
And one of them mutated and lived here for 1 month
I couldn't find her
Idk man
We underestimate them
Never had these issues in my life before
No trash or fruits were in my house at the time
Its some kind of invasion
I have needed this for weeks!! I am going crazy with these fruit flies
Dykejiah Jones lots of them at your place?
I’ve tried the vinegar and dish soap thing several times and never caught a single fruit fly yet. Not sure why this method is all over RUclips.
I try it last night and catch 15. And 4 in another bowl it slow but works
Needs to be balsamic vinegar.
Leave small holes over cling film to let them in bowl.
I've also tried this, with several different types of vinegar, and containers, and maybe catch 4-5 over a week. Doesn't really get rid of them.
The method works great for me. Maybe what you have isn’t fruit flies.
I put some juice in it and leave it for 2-3 days- there
I tried all of these, they work however vacuuming the fruit flies up works best. You'll look a little nuts doing it but totally worth it.
Vacuuming them how do you that
C'mon! I guess this is for next year's summer. I've already been severely dealt with by the fruit flies this year. I'll just let them be cos soon, summer will end. I'm tired
i had heard of the apple cider vinegar method and strange enough i have used wet cat food cans as my trap and plastic wrap with slit holes seems to work pretty good to the fork method. However don't use the freezing plastic wrap you know the non-see through kind as it seems to deter them buggers
I won't feel guilty. I tried everything to clean and get them away .I use the cleaners and in a second they go back .There's no fruit outside,i keep everything in the fridge. 😀
Never seen the Steve carell clip used so perfectly😂
Fruitflies and knats are also very, very attracted to the scent of dark liquor such as bourbon whiskey. You can pour some in the same containers instead of using fruit, and those pesky little suckers will come crawling in and die as happy drunks. But don't let them drive your car if you feel sorry for em and turn um loose before they croak. 😂😂
When it hit spring I had 8 in my kitchen thanks to you ima get rid of them
4:57
Me who just killed 9 flies out of anger :🙃
@Cancelled channel what.
I tried to use the microwave instead of the freezer, its instant and you dont need two jars to swap between them, you can reuse the same after 10 seconds only
Thank you so much for your helpful information you posted 4 years ago. So glad it's still here. The comments are helpful too. I have a fruit fly infestation in every room of my two story house. Even if you shake the artificial trees, tons fly out. Open the fridge, they fly in. Try to make a quick meal, they're all over it in seconds. I'm desperate and I'm going to try your recommendations today. I've been buying more bananas lately for my rabbit without realizing they're attracted to it and that I could be bringing fruit fly eggs home when I buy them. Thanks again! 😃
Put some oil into a flat plate and then wave it near the flies . The flies will stick on to it
I just cut up the last two containers of tomatoes from the garden. I put the culled pieces in a deep bag, left it on the island, and caught many of them when I closed and tied the bag. Tomorrow I'll do the bowl method to catch the rest.
what i do is mixing a bit of water, honey, vinegar, soap in a bowl. Im havin trouble with fruit flies rn and in one day 20+ drowned 😄
ill try this
We don't really see gnats or fruit flies but we do keep away the mosquitoes in the summer with lemon, lime, and basil
I wish the people in these comments gave more honest reviews cause I’ve been trying this method for months and many of the flies just crawl right out. Its like this stuff is feeding their young because all fruit is covered up and they now live in my bathroom as well.
I use a Flamethrower. I'm in my 4th house Fruitfly fee 👍
😅😅😅😅😅
They go inside, and then fly right back out the holes. No matter how big the holes are.
You should have stated that putting bananas in the fridge will turn the skin dark right away though the inside is still OK.
I know this is really off topic but my favourite part of the video was 3:42
that fruit fly though 😂😂😂
I have a fruit fly problem in our bathroom and they don't stop coming. I tried the vinegar traps, but that only works temporarily.
The reason why I came here was bc this one fruit fly can't seem to leave me alone so (payback)
Uh, they dont bother us.
So that's not a fruit fly. They dont want us.
A mosquito?
..
I feel you. I wonder why its always just one tiny fruit fly that just loves to walk along your skin and is afraid of nothing even if you move around a bit - of course it will fly if you approach it on purpose. They were never interested in people before so I am surprised.
Oh and one more tip. Just put some peels to a fruit plastic bag that is not totally sealed and has many folds on the entrance. Then shake the entrance and they fly deeper into the bag and close it tight. Voila! You got them all caught - except the one that prefers people to fruit peels, which goes over my head and yeah, it likes to literally just wander along your skin (propably ears too?) even if the skin is clean and dry. I do not really understand why. But the normal fruitflies are pretty easy to catch. And do not wash the fruits you put to the fridge. The moisture will turn into ice in there fast.
@@JoJo-dj9ek omll I'm currently dealing with a tiny attached annoying fruit fly 😡😓🙄 It's driving me insane tbh. It made itself at home in my room and likes to wander back and forth no matter how much I swat at it ughhhhxjdjjdkdnx
I keep my house bug free by slapping them with my fly swatter... hehe!
Troy IDK. Does it help?
Hi BRIGHT SIDE!! 💚
BRIGHT SIDE Yes, it does help. You just got to make sure you have fast hands! cc:
how about using the lysol kitchen pro spray with the swatter .that spray (probably bc of the heavy metals) will quickly lay them down on the floor.
Unfortunately I have a problem with fruit flies but it's not due to fruit getting left out, it's because of something that's left its residue on and in my sink... -_- so until I figure out how to fix that, these traps will come in handy.
A margarine tug with 2 inches of wine vinegar and several drops of dish liquid. Covered with saran wrap, punch a Bic pen through in 6 places. Cleaned out the kitchen in 2 days. Don't make holes too big. 1/8 - 3/16 diameter.
I make a small hole on the side of a plastic pill bottle with a burning hot nail or a drill bit, then pour a small amount of vinegar at the bottom of the bottle, put the cap back on the pill bottle and I have a very effective trap. I used to make the hole in the lid but found that in the side works better.
To slow down bananas from ripening to fast..
Wrap the stem side with tin foil
jim h how does it work?
Eat them lol
Is plastic better or is tin foil better?
Wow... Amazing what you can learn. Avocado is a fruit! I know a tomato is a fruit.
Great tip putting it in freezer! Thanks!
Who else hears Michael Scott's yelling at 3:40?
I tried the first one and it actually worked!!
Bright Side creates very helpful videos ✌️
Aditya Joshi yay! Glad you like them
My fruit flies like my coffee machine, i will try to catch them with regular soda and the funnel trap
Did the funnel work?
ahh i have so many in my house in summer but thanks to you THEY FINALLY LEFT.
I have a frog that eats fruit flies.
If you poke holes in the suran wrap, why can't they get out the same way they got in?
I'm getting stressed out I have fly sticky traps hanging all over the kitchen now I'm about to run out to Walmart to get some apple cider vinegar
Thanks BRIGHT SIDE a lot I got rid out of those Fruit Flies and it helped me a lot
Btw your videos are so excellent 👍
Thank you so much this is my problem right now , will try it in the morning i did how ever bought fly tripers and as i see it doesn't work
You can do it with red wine as well, my fruit is kept in the fridge but still get them
Ugh everytime i want to take a fruit i see thousands of those fruit flies flying around my kitchen ,im gonna try the first method!
Yesss, then it spoiled your appetite
All this because I forgot ONE carrot in the kitchen 😅😅
They're extremely attracted to my trash can every summer... It seems no matter what I do/what I put things in when I throw them away, the trash can is always the start of the issue... Do you have any tips for me? Maybe save up for a super sealing trash can & putting bait in that area forever? 🤷♂️ No idea.
Here in Puerto rico it's all year long. They r always around. Gonna try these to see if it really works
They are watching me watch the video and I’m scared
Same...
I like the blender method. Put bait in a blender and leave the cover off. Each day put the cover on an blend it.
Thank you...very practical & easy to do !
That fruit flies jokes at the beginning was too funny for me for what it was
Aren't these all like, basicly the same? I thought they would all be different.
Thank Brightside; you always provide useful tip for good living.
I learned about this from my neighbor, who is from Texas. Don't mess with Texas.
I also recommend a bleach/water solution down your kitchen drain. Fruit flies (vinegar flies) usually lay their eggs in there because of the moisture.
I wonder if there is a more natural solution for that. I am concerned about putting bleach in water stream, polluting water
Thanks for the suggestions
Dish soap and apple cider worked like magic for me years ago . But recently o noticed bunch of fruit flies 😢 I didn’t have the cider so I vacuumed them with the small hoover it worked
3:44 Bruh omg I can't even when the fly webt noooo no noooo !! I felt that XD
I usually find a small glass of red wine is very attractive to fruit flies
Thank you😎😎😎😎😎
#2 Says that they might not be there because the holes are to big. So how does #1 work when you got one big hole in the center?
What they didn’t say was that they twisted their funnel to a fine opening tapered at that end. The flies can squeeze through by compressing their wings but can’t fly out.
I'm surprised that it actually worked. 😅
Abdo Ali did u try it?
@@BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL yeah I did I even showed your video to one of my family member
Coffee grounds with jelly and dish soap in a cup of water, covered with plastic wrap with ine tiny hole in the middle works great too
I pocked holes with wall nails, a lil bigger than tooth pick. Worked like charm