Fruit flies are a unfortunate reality of eating a healthy diet containing fruit. I’ve had issues with them in the past and I’ve found that this DIY fruit fly trap is the easiest and most effective way of dealing with them. Although you can’t see inside this container, I have about 7 or 8 of them floating in a a sea of tequila temptation.
Seriously, fruit flies love tequila that is 100% agave. If you don’t have any food in the sink or lying around to distract them, they will head toward the tequila eventually. I usually put the tequila in a container and then wrap the opening of the container in some press and seal seran wrap. I punch a few holes in the seran wrap with a pen for them to get inside the trap and then leave the trap out for awhile. They end of drowning in tequila, which in my opinion isn’t a terrible way to go if you worry about that sort of thing.
You’ll find that your fruit fly problem eventually goes away, or at least get better. I’ve had to clean out the trap and make a fresh one, if the problem doesn’t go away completely in a few weeks. This method does require patience, but it’s basically a set it a forget it kind of deal. If you have a serious fruit fly problem, make a bunch of these and put them around the house. I hope this helps all my fruit loving followers! Good luck 🙂