Getting Rid of Fruit Flies

Fruit Flies like a Banana.  That is Tom's favorite joke.  He loves word play.

But seriously folks, it only takes a couple of fruit flies to soon have a major infestation on your hands that seems impossible to get rid of.  Since we often have fruit just hanging out in the kitchen waiting to be eaten, and we compost, and the bathroom often has baby wipes in the garbage, it is easy for this to get out of hand.

So after some minimal research I decided to try two methods.

1.  Pour 1 inch of apple cider vinegar into a jar or glass.  Cut the very tip of a plastic baggie off.  Push the tip down into the jar creating a funnel.  Rubber band the baggie around the jar.  Fruit Flies go in, but they don't come out.

2.  Pour 1 cup of apple cider vinegar into a jar, add a couple of drops of dish soap.  The soap breaks the surface of the vinegar and keeps the flies from being able to get out.  No baggies needed.

Both methods worked fine, but the funnel seemed to work better and requires less vinegar.