Fruit flies don’t just happen. Chances are that you left out something, and that “something” has created an environment in which fruit flies can thrive. Fruit flies are small, but they come in large quantity — the sooner you take measures to stop them, the more effective will the treatment will be. This guide includes many ways to get rid of fruit flies.
What to Do
The most obvious, yet most effective, way to get rid of fruit flies is to get rid of exposed food — after each meal, put everything in the fridge or seal everything air tightly. Needless to say, flies will fly away and look for a new place to move if they don’t have a food source. Empty your trash can often to avoid flies getting there, too.
Wait a couple days to a week in order to see significant improvements. If you find that that there are still flies in your house, find the area in which they hang around the most — just keep a track of the particular places in which the flies bother you the most.
Backtrack to the locations and identify the problem — why would the fruit flies be hanging around there as opposed to other places around your house? Is there a rotten fruit between the gaps between the furniture? Something under the sofa? A trash can that needs to be taken out? Identify and fix the problem.
There is another easy and effective method you can use to move the flies out of your home, as well as limiting the supply of available food to the flies: place an appealing “bait” away from your home (outside the door).
This way, fruit flies will spot the fruit outside your house in the open but will have trouble finding food inside since you have limited their access to a food source. That means that the flies will move outside and take up nest outdoors — away from your home.
Gradually move the bait further and further away from your house until you feel as that you are safe from all the flies – in which case you will stop feeding the flies and leave them out for good. Although this is not a quick fix, it is effective.
Additional Help
You may find that you want to consult a professional on ways to get rid of fruit flies. TalkLocal can help with finding the correct local experts in this case, saving you time and energy in what may be a stressful situation.
