Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
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damn, guess I'll have to drink a bottle of wine.
Do it for the children (of the fruit flies).
ETA: I have tried a number of methods, including plates and funnels, and ingredients, including honey and vinegar. The wine bottle worked far better than the other methods. I actually keep an empty bottle handy and add vinegar if I don't want to make the sacrifice of drinking wine.
I bought a pretty glass trap (they call it a bee trap, I think, but I don't want to catch bees, of course) that looks nice hanging from a hook, but it has yet to catch any flies. I have extremely dumb flies, though; they may not have found the sugary bait in their aimless circling around the middle of the patio where there is nothing to interest them, mere feet from the sugary treat-filled trap.
Vinegar was ineffective for me. I mean, fruit flies died in it, but just as many as drown if I just put water out.
But the traps have worked really well at keeping the numbers down. And an enterprising spider built its web at the edges of the trap, greatly increasing its efficiency.
Vinegar was ineffective for me. I mean, fruit flies died in it, but just as many as drown if I just put water out.
What sort of vinegar did you use?
Not that I know anything about this, Victoria is fruit-fly free.
Am I to believe that people are catching more flies with vinegar than with honey?
My world, she is shaken.
You catch more flies with honey, but liquor is quicker?
And an enterprising spider built its web at the edges of the trap, greatly increasing its efficiency.
Smart spider!
What sort of vinegar did you use?
Cider vinegar I think? They're not getting any of my awesome expensive balsamic.
Smart spider!
Right? I totally left it. I figured any spider smart enough to work that out had earned his keep.
I can vouch for wine left out. The cork for my white zin fell into the bottle so I just left it on the counter open while pouring a glass every now and then. As I got to the bottom...there were fruit flies. (ewwww.)
Am I to believe that people are catching more flies with vinegar than with honey?
I believe this was already covered in my first series of fruit fly experiments: ita "Coffee On My Monitor" Sep 29, 2006 3:53:13 pm PDT