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These electric bug zappers, non-toxic bait traps and other easy fixes will get rid of those pesky flies in your kitchen.
This is the season when fruit flies become a genuine pest in our households. They typically swarm our kitchens, searching for ...
Fruit flies can be an annoying problem year-round, but they're most common in the summer and fall, because they love ripened fruits and veggies. Here are six ways to keep them away. 1. CLEAN ...
The first course of action should be to get rid of anything that the flies are attracted to. This means getting rid of produce and or cleaning it thoroughly and storing it in the refrigerator until ...
If you’ve noticed tiny flies buzzing around your kitchen lately, you’re not alone. Fruit flies, also called Drosophila melanogaster, are very common at this time of year.
Kitchen compost bins can lead to more fruit flies. “We compost and have a little bin in our kitchen. So we throw in the tomato and fruit ends and then those things aren’t perfectly sealed so the flies ...
A fruit fly's lifespan is a few weeks, but in that short cycle a female can lay between 200 and 500 eggs. With that kind of reproduction fruit flies can linger and be a nuisance.
They are fruit flies, and this year B.C.'s warm and longer than usual growing season have only made the problem worse by providing the pesky insects with ideal survival conditions.
After a viral TikTok, an expert explains why some cherries might contain worms and whether they're safe to eat. Plus, what are those worms in the first place?
Regular fruit flies feed on rotting, overripe fruit. Spotted wing drosophila, instead, lay eggs in ripening berries. When the eggs hatch, they make the berries soft.
Fruit flies can be an annoying problem year-round, but they're most common in the summer and fall, because they love ripened fruits and veggies. Here are six ways to keep them away.