This Genius Trap Will Stop FRUIT FLIES In Your House Overnight!

In this video, I show you how to stop fruit flies in your house with this genius homemade fruit fly trap! This genius trap will get rid of fruit flies in your house overnight! Exterminators don't want you to know how easy it is to kill fruit flies with this homemade fly trap!

TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 What Causes A Fruit Fly Infestation?
2:05 Removing Susceptible Fruits From Fruit Flies
3:00 The Best Fruit Fly Trap
5:48 Fruit Fly Trap Results
7:22 Adventures With Dale

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[Lunaedea]

This video is genius- I've seen the tip to put vinegar and dish soap in a container for years, but NO ONE ever explained that you have to have a container small enough that you can fill it to the brim with vinegar...no wonder fruit flies kept checking out my traps on the edges of the bowls and flying right back out! Thank you so much!

[angiewheeler]

What I like is the fact that you show the ACTUAL result. Sending you my 5-star review, for sure!!

[kevincobb]

Holy cow! Basalmic vinegar and soap worked. Have tried a few things. Within two hours i had caught a lot. Thank you!!!

[Mr.Shartly]

I've tried every variation of this trap and never had any luck. I may get a few in the trap but they seem to catch on pretty quick. The apple shaped traps work for a few days, but they seem to catch on to those too. It got so bad at one point that I would have to fight them for my food. So, I started thinking fire is the only thing that will stop them. The only thing I had never tried was fly strips, so I bought a 10 pack of raid fly ribbons and went home and hung 1 over the sink, 1 over the doorway from the kitchen to the den and 1 under the cabinet over the counter where they like to hang out when they weren't flying up my nose. After an hour each ribbon had around 50, after 2 days each ribbon had around 300. I changed them out every couple of days and after 2 weeks the problem was solved. I also found out it's a good idea to keep your drain plugs in when you aren't using your sinks.

[jeffreyboyd]

Great tip. Fruit flies are very adaptive. They breed in sink drains and will THRIVE in wet mops. So bleach down the drain and bleached and dried mops also limit them in summer.

[jdaniels]

This trap as described works well. I have had even better success with a couple variations on it. I use a 32 oz mason jar, put in maybe 4 oz of vinegar (apple cider or red wine), maybe a half-teaspoon of Dawn dish soap, about 4 oz of water, and a tablespoon of sugar or honey or whatever non-artificial sweetener you have handy. Then, to top it off, I add a half teaspoon or so of yeast from a bread yeast packet. Then I set the UNCOVERED jar near wherever the fruit flies are present. Man does it attract and kill the flies! Replenish water, vinegar and sugar every week or so as the liquid evaporates, and the trap can last for months!

I tried this both covered, with saran wrap with many holes poked it for flies to get in, and then trap them as they're not smart enough to get out. Then I tried the same mixture in the same jar, and left it uncovered where the flies can fly out at will. To my surprise, the UNCOVERED jar caught and kept more fruit flies, by about a 2-1 margin. Certainly you could also put some chunks of ripe banana or some over-ripe grapes in the liquid too (fully submerged is probably best), but not really necessary. The flies try to access the "soapy nectar" from the inside rim, or try to land directly, and it's all over for them. I think it's easier for them to enter the uncovered chamber of death, as opposed to having to find a hole in the plastic-wrap-with-holes covered version. Sure, they can change their mind and fly back out alive, but eventually they always come back and meet their doom.

[TheMillennialGardener]

If you found this video helpful, please "Like" and share to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching 🙂TIMESTAMPS for convenience:
0:00 What Causes A Fruit Fly Infestation?
2:05 Removing Susceptible Fruits From Fruit Flies
3:00 The Best Fruit Fly Trap
5:48 Fruit Fly Trap Results
7:22 Adventures With Dale

[timothyjholloway]

4:25 Feel free to just put the soap in first, stir it into the vinegar before filling to the top, then add more vinegar.

Also, this is a very small trap that will quickly evaporate.

The classic recipe I used to use was 1 tablespoon white sugare, 1.5 tablespoons apple cider vinegar, a little bit of soap like in this video, and the rest water. I now use 5 tablespoons each of vinegar and sugar and fill up an empty 500 mL cottage cheese container with water, stirring the soap in when it's half full for the count of 30 then finish filling it. The thing may last months and not only kills fruit flies but sometimes other insects like small cockroaches that crawl in. I keep it on the floor next to my garbage or strategically placed in the hallway of my SRO to benefit the rest of the building.

It's also easier to SEE what you've caught when the liquid isn't a dark vinegar but a very light yellow, probably due to all the sugar.

Good luck, everyone!

[theriddlerUSA]

Very sweet of you to adopt a dog from a shelter. I'm happy he has a forever home. 👍♥️

[chonettetaylor]

I do it less complicated and works perfect
I use a shallow small bowl put the vinegar no need to fill it to the top
I add the drop of washing up liquid and a drop of honey
Stirring and coat it all
I change it every week
It can be placed anywhere that suits you the flies find the bowl

[margareth]

Ok wow Im impressed. Balsamic vinegar and red whine vinegar and dish soap drops. Brim it. In a shot glass. - keep it topped up. Few days. Cool. Since i typed it out. I will definitely remember. Best tip of the day. 👍 thanks!

[matthysloedolff]

Excellent video! Very informative and an excellent tip for controlling these little pests.
I did a semester of biology and genetics during my undergraduate degree years ago. For one of the practicals we had to study fruit fly genetics (i.e. long winged, short winged etc.) Was fascinating to study them at the time, but my interest in them only lasted about for as long as that semester. After that it returned to annoyance 😂
From memory, they are not only attracted to the sugars in fruit, but also the vinegar smell. When fruit starts going off, sugars start breaking down (by bacteria) into vinegar (oversimplified). Hence, this is why, generally, the more rotten the fruit is the more flies it attracts. There are also exceptions though.

[jeannekeller]

I tested different fruit vinegars, and the winner by far is white balsamic. Also, I covered the top of the glass with cling wrap, then poke holes with a toothpick. They fly in and can't get out. We don't have to use as much vinegar that way.

[PatsyBoothe-mspq]

I tried all the tips they give on here. Apple cider vinegar helped with strips I hung up BUT Finally got rid of them with an $8 bottle of STEM spray from dollar general. I had them really bad in my kitchen I didn't even want to go in there. ... After one day of using the STEM spray I went back the next morning and they were everywhere dead!

[BlackHatTy]

Im doing this now, with cheap wine. They seem to like cheap wine. Thanks for the awesome video!

[anniebancroft]

I JUST LOVE DALE!! And I love how you interact with him! my favorite part of your great videos. Breakfast looks good

[Bobola]

So glad I found this channel, I was looking for the perfect fruit fly trap, and it works!! Thank you so much 😊

[sheilaherself]

Genius! It worked in seconds . I put a round led flashlight behind and used apple cider vinegar and blueberry wine . Both work but the vinegar is easier to see through.

[lindamyers]

Hi, thank you for that info. I use Apple Cider vinegar. Get a used glass jar, pour a few inches in jar, cover with cling film, pierce a few tiny holes on the top of cling film. I leave my jar on kitchen window sill. Fly's are really drawn to this. Once they get through the holes in the cling film, they can't get out

[victorandrews]

Very timely video. We're heavy into our harvesting season and we've had tons of annoying. Fruit flies! Thank you!