How to get rid of fruit flies in your house with a chemical-free fruit fly trap? First let’s discuss about the most common natural home solution: apple cider vinegar and dish soap to kill fruit flies. There is a small issue with these solutions: they don’t work very well. In addition your restaurant will smell very bad!
Urban legend that doesn’t work very often: What Kind of Spray will Kill Fruit Flies? In addition to the above homemade traps, you can also use a spray to repel fruit flies. According to graduate students at UNC, fruit flies don’t have a “nose” to smell with. Instead, they rely on their antennae to detect the odor in the air. One method of creating your own homemade fruit fly spray is to mix two cups of water and a few drops of essential oil (e.g. rosemary, peppermint, lemongrass). Mix well before you apply the spray on the fly-infested areas. Pet owners should take extra safety precautions with essential oils. They are made of natural ingredients but some types of essential oils can be toxic to cats and dogs.
But the problem is that, most of the times, this solution doesn’t work, fruit flies will show up again and you will also have a problem with the bad smell from this “natural” solution. Vinegar is a very potent and pungent liquid – it’s just not fun having that open in the house. Especially if there are kids around. Do you want dead flying insects floating around on their kitchen counter, table, bar, or restaurant?
Chemical-free fruit fly trap to get rid of drain flies in your bar that works? Try Eon Luxe right now! The end of the line for those nasty pests is our no escape sticky glue pad. Once you remove the protective layer you’d better not touch them, they are super-sticky! Simply place on tray and change when full of dead bugs. Replacements available in 3 & 8 quantity packs! Works best on no see ums (AKA noseeums or drain flies), small mosquitoes, fruit flies, gnats / knats. Find more details at Nontoxic bug trap on Amazon.
Fruit flies prevention tip (it’s easier to prevent!) : Wash the fruit you get in: This is going to be tough to hear, but if fruit flies keep getting in somehow, it’s possible they’re using you to get in. Don’t feel guilty, you were an unwitting pawn in their master scheme. One way to prevent your dastardly foe from manipulating you for their own purposes yet again is to wash all the fruit you bring into the office as soon as you get in. Even if you bought your apple that morning, a fruit fly could’ve found it and snuck aboard at any point on your commute, even if it never left your bag. It’s not consciously trying to get into your office, but you bring it there and once it gets a look around, it settles in and lays eggs. So… wash your fruit when you bring it in! Easy peasy.
We are a husband and wife duo operating a small business in a small town just 30 minutes south of Boston in Pembroke, Massachusetts. We love hiking – in the above photo, we were at the Montezuma Castle. I love smoothies and Acai bowls, so there’s always a few organic bananas in my fruit bowl. No matter how clean I keep the house, a few fruit flies still find their way in my home buzzing around the bananas and other fruits. They are an annoyance! I tried using apple cidar vinegar and dish soap – and they work great, but the ACV has a very strong smell, and they just don’t look very nice in home…..And the kids have “accidentally” spilled them once or twice. Definitely not fun. Read more details on https://www.eonluxe.com/how-to-get-rid-of-fruit-flies/.