Easy Fruit Fly Trap Recipe
Yield: 1 servingsRecipe by luhu.jp
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Given that people here might be working with falls fresh fruit,
heres an excellent way to keep the kitchen fruit fly population
down. I learned this from my brother, who works in a research lab
where escaped fruit flies are always a problem. *Fruit Fly Trap*
Materials: 1 glass jar, 1 piece of paper and a piece of tape, a little
*cider* vinegar (not white vinegar), a couple of drops liquid soap or
detergent. Procedure: Tape the paper together to make a funnel shape
that will rest inside the mouth of the jar, but have a fairly broad
opening. Put cider vinegar in the bottom of the jar (1/4 inch or 0.5
cm or so). Add a couple of drops of detergent to the vingar. Place
the paper funnel on the jar. Set on the kitchen counter near the
fruit. How it works: Flies are attracted to the cider vinegar, which
they interpret as decaying fruit. They go into the jar (the funnel
makes entry easier than exit) and either fall onto or land on the
surface of the liquid. The detergent decreases the normal surface
tension, so they sink and drown. Easy and cheap, and no zaps! We
tested this last fall at our parents house when the apple crop came
in. A single trap caught >100 flies in 2 days. From Usenet Post by
Diana
Submitted By SAM LEFKOWITZ On 10-07-94
Source from luhu.jp
heres an excellent way to keep the kitchen fruit fly population
down. I learned this from my brother, who works in a research lab
where escaped fruit flies are always a problem. *Fruit Fly Trap*
Materials: 1 glass jar, 1 piece of paper and a piece of tape, a little
*cider* vinegar (not white vinegar), a couple of drops liquid soap or
detergent. Procedure: Tape the paper together to make a funnel shape
that will rest inside the mouth of the jar, but have a fairly broad
opening. Put cider vinegar in the bottom of the jar (1/4 inch or 0.5
cm or so). Add a couple of drops of detergent to the vingar. Place
the paper funnel on the jar. Set on the kitchen counter near the
fruit. How it works: Flies are attracted to the cider vinegar, which
they interpret as decaying fruit. They go into the jar (the funnel
makes entry easier than exit) and either fall onto or land on the
surface of the liquid. The detergent decreases the normal surface
tension, so they sink and drown. Easy and cheap, and no zaps! We
tested this last fall at our parents house when the apple crop came
in. A single trap caught >100 flies in 2 days. From Usenet Post by
Diana
Submitted By SAM LEFKOWITZ On 10-07-94
Source from luhu.jp