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Mainly, I think, because I have a lot of havested fruit and vegetables
in my kitchen - plums, apples, tomatoes, etc - I seem to get more and
more little fruit flies each year.

I wondered what environmentally friendly methods urglers use to keep
levels of these small flies under control at this time of year.

They hang round damp or decomposing stuff more than fresh, ime. I
stash kitchen compost in a bin with a rubber seal round the lid.

Yes, I think this would be a good addition to my composting arrangements

Veg live either in the fridge or the pantry, out of reach to flies. The only
fruit they can reach is what's in the bowl on the table and that changes
so frequently they don't seeem to go for it.

Space is a problem and my habit of lining up windfall apples etc and
trying to use them in strict order, i.e. just before they start to rot,
is probably not helpful. However, I don't do this in the kitchen but in
a kind of out-room.

My fruit flies like to occupy hard edges, e.g. they line up along the
edge of the window and door recesses

Having said all that, for the last week the kitchen has been plagued
withhouseflies and daddy longlegs. I don't mind the DDL's because they
stay on the window out of my way but I hate flies around food and work
surfaces and won't use insecticide sprays in a food prep area. So, every
morning starts with a rolled up newspaper and some aerobics.


I have found my mini-hoover quite effective for sucking them up. It
provides temporary relief.

Janet G