Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Save your money.........

Bought these containers on Amazon a couple of years ago to catch fruit flies; as "tis the season for them!!  Useless.

So added some apple cider vinegar to a regular glass, put cling film/plastic wrap on the top.  Secured it with an elastic band and poked some holes in it.
Voila.........fruit flies swimming in the apple cider vinegar.................

 No fancy equipment needed!!

6 comments:

Linda's Relaxing Lair said...

This is exactly the best way...and adding just a couple of drops of liquid dish soap speeds up the process 👌

Magpie's Mumblings said...

We add a couple drops of dish soap too and pretty much always have a little bowl of the vinegar solution on the kitchen counter. Sometimes I put one near my plants too.

Shammickite said...

I've heard this idea before... great that it works. I'll remember it for the future.

Belinda said...

We've used those homemade traps too and they work so well!

Jackie said...

Been lucky enough so far to not have any of them. I will be doing the cider vinegar and dish soap at the first sighting of the pesky things.

God bless.

William Kendall said...

That's resourceful.

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