The reason the apple cider vinegar did not work is because she missed the very important step that was adding a squirt of dish soap. The red color and acidic scent of the vinegar attracts the flies, but it is the soap which kills them.

I have caught 100x that in the Super Ninja Fruit Fly Trap from Amazon. Small, no smell or diy jars.

I DID NOT EXPECT THAT FRUIT FLY TO BUZZ ACROSS YOUR FACE ! How dare that little menace, the timing was insane and was hysterical. Loved your video and appreciate the time you put into it, thank you 💗

I used a mixture of regular apple cider vinager, dish soap and sugar and it traps them like a charm. I don't even poke holes. I use one of those plastic takeou containers and leave it open. In just one night there was like 20 of them.

I use the apple cider vinegar all the time with great results. A couple of notes about your method.... first the holes should be smaller, I use a toothpick or a fork to poke holes in the plastic. Second you should add a dash of dish soap to whatever liquid you’re putting in your jar. I tried it without adding dish soap and the fruit flies are sometimes able to fly into the liquid and fly back out again with no problem. Adding the dish soap creates a barrier that traps them inside the liquid. I also don’t use straight ac vinegar I always water it down to conserve.

I LOVED your video! Thanks for the information! I also love your “style” and how you don’t simply take for granted what you find on the “inter-webs”, lol. Someone said, “she talks too much, needs to get to the point.” I vehemently disagree! Keep on being YOU! God Bless!!

my recipe for ACV is: 1/2 cup warm water, 2T ACV, 1T sugar and about 6 drops of dish soap to break up the surface tension of the liquid. I think the dish soap is important.

Have you ever had a fruit fly or fungus gnat issue with your Aerogarden? I did last year when growing lettuces but not herbs. Though the room also had houseplants that may have had water sitting in catch saucers. Sticky traps and better watering helped a lot until most indoor plants went outdoors. Hoping to avoid a rerun this winter. Thanks for all your helpful videos and experiments and experience !

Apple cider vinegar combined with a little dish soap worked for me. The very first day about 30 flies were all over the trap. They got in there fast and could not figure a way out. Now, three days later I see only one or two outside of it and none alive inside. I have two young cats, who have probably caught some too but those traps absolutely have worked fast within three days. So don't give up on the Apple cider vinegar right away, try different brand if one doesn't attracting them enough. And don't forget to break the surfaces tension with dish soap. Anyway, I appreciate this video. It's always good to learn of more options.

Those look more like Phorid Flies than Fruit Flies. Fruit Flies have big red eyes. Phorid Flies are black/dark brown and tend to be attracted to decaying organic matter or fecal matter...that's why the ACV didn't really work all that well. Hope that helps 💛 Love the science experiment!

I use some narrow wine glasses filled with apple cider vinegar and some small yellow funnels on top. Fruit flies are attracted to the color white and yellow. So the funnels used should be that color. They are also attracted to those colors of light as well. Another thing they are attracted to is carbon dioxide. Makes sense as something fermenting will give off a lot of that. So maybe some apple juice with some sugar and yeast mixed in would make for a better bait than apple cider vinegar. As for the trap I use, it is quite effective in killing fruit flies. However one time out of ten I have observed that some of the fruit flies that land on the funnel inside the trap are able to crawl into the funnel opening and escape. Nine times out of ten the fruit flies stay in the trap until they die. I suppose I could put some double sided scotch tape on the funnel inside the trap to prevent any escapes.

I used the exact same vinegar mixed with lots of sugar and a few drops of dish liquid and it worked the best because they love sweet stuff…the dish liquid is heavy and once it sticks to their feet they can’t fly back out of the jars. The plain vinegar of course doesn’t give off a sweet smell. Plain sugar water also works. I used 10 bowls of this all around my kitchen and living room except I didn’t cover the bowls which is the best way but you need to make sure the bowls/jar’s are filled all the way up to the rim because once they land they can’t fly back out.

I brought home fruit flies from a large supermarket chain. When you go to the onion bin you will see onions that are starting to rot, same thing with a bin for the avocados they are over ripe. Unknowingly at the time, I bought produce there and then had a problem in my apartment. I have never been one to leave fruit out on the counter...and I am compulsive about cleaning, actually anal about cleaning. I did the apple cider vinegar, a drop of dish soap and water...worked great but I was still seeing the infant fruit flies around. I learned that the adult fruit flies will lay their eggs in the very top of my indoor plants. I read if you allowed the soil to dry out that would prevent the eggs from hatching. I also sprayed my houseplants with Neem....which actually damaged my plants. Last resort, I threw out my lovely houseplants and bought fake plants. I have done everything including pouring boiling water down my drains. Pouring bleach down my drains. I bagged and tied off my garbage so the trash bag was not open and I threw out my trash every day. I will no longer buy my produce from that supermarket and I am going to make a complaint because it is obvious they have a problem and they are not addressing it.

Apple sider vinegar with sugar and a drop or two of dish liquid. That works as well. Not plain acv thanks for the other tips. 👍

I was not expecting to hear of sugar as a bait ingredient. Does sugar even have a 'scent'? (I'm talking about white refined sugar, rinsed of all aromatic residues). But there 'would' be one important contribution that 'could' be at play here: The sugar would surely activate any yeast present, (and there is ALWAYS some incidental yeast in anything exposed for a bit of time...) It would be interesting to try some sugar in your seed solution. I think only a pinch is needed. Any more is probably waste and more that the yeast would use. [If you do, do a comparison; one with and one without sugar. Need to use a single container for the seed juice, to then divide into two traps, so the initial seed solution is the same, then add sugar to just the one...] Color was mentioned; maybe Red wine?? [I was going to joke that they didn't like cheap wine (but that sounded insulting) LOL] I enjoyed the video, thanks!

My go-to trap is the Apple cider vinegar. But not the "best" kind. I use the cheap ones. They are usually more pungent. Yes, the holes need to be smaller than shown on the video. I usually use a simple toothpick to make just a few holes. Usually about 4 or 5 holes. Less if the lid is small. The drop of dish soap is to break the surface tension of the apple cider vinegar, which makes the fruit flies sink when they land in the liquid. The "seed guts" water also works for the same reason. It has a pungent fruit smell that attracts them to the liquid in which they die. The two main parts: the bait and the trap.

I buy Persian cinnamon rolls to put in my freezer. I had 3 packages I put on my kitchen table unopened for a couple of hours. When I went in to bag them for the freezer, they were all 3 boxes, swarming full of gnats.

So interesting! I'm battling them too and they attach my ferments. Totally makes sense!!! I tried using ACV too and it didnt work either. I appreciate the info

I accidentally left a jar on the counter with tomato pasta sauce in it....when i went back to it the next morning fruit flies were thick all over it!! So yeah you never know whats going to work the best.I could tell they loved it!!! I totally learned by accident!! Ive never seen so many fruit flies before!!!

I get them in my kitchen all summer. I've put traps with all different fruit, cider, water, jam (jelly) and it catches loads but not enough for me. I think they're coming in from my compost cones. I don't know what to do to stop them. It's depressing.

Instead of using my canning jars and wasting saran wrap, I use any container like a bottle from soda, water, juices or the butter tubs- that you were going to throw out. I use the 10 oz Welchs juice containers. Pour in the liquid trap solution of your choice. Take a sodering iron, put 1 hole in the center of the cap. Put the cap on. And place the container where you see them. And I rinse them out and reuse them as I need to.

Flies swarmed me as I tried to slice cranberries for dehydrating. I put some of the mushy berries in a water bottle an put a paper funnel in it. and it attracted so many of the little buggers! Rotting fruit seems to be the best attractant. Ithink the idea of the ACV is that Vineger is made from fermentation, but ACV is pretty much finished. There is no sugar to ferment and nothing to attract the bugs to it. Seed water and rotten fruit seems to be the best. I guess i'll add some water for them to drown in to the bottle and hope it keeps the population down. Thanks for confirming what I suspected.

I’ve had good luck with kombucha to attract fruit flies. I wonder how that would compare with the seed water. Thanks for the good info!

I make a cup of coffee with creamers and a little sugar. Just leave a little bit in cup , no need to cover they will drown

The apple cider vinegar mixture worked for me. I had a bad infestation, but I didn't get to the source the first time.

Cool video!

Interesting thanks for sharing.

I had good luck with braggs vinegar, sugar and dish soap. Based on your suggestion, Im going to try the same but add a chunk of banana and run it all through the blender. Another thing I did was have a spray bottle with half vinegar, half rubbing alcohol. When they all landed on the tops of the trap, I would spritz them down killed them. It was easy to rinse the top off and check back in hour. That really knocked down the infestation.

If you have any rotting potatoes or onions.... you will be overrun! I found mine because of this video. I had a ton of them we were killing daily but more kept coming. I realized I had forgotten about a bucket of seed potatoes we did not get planted out of the hundred or so we did plant. Keep on top of your potatoes. I had this issue many years ago and forgot about how potatoes just seem to grow them from nothing.

So they might be coming from the drains, tub,shower, sinks, all this stuff to get them but what I do is I use Ant and roach spray by RAID. So I just stray all the drains also that overflow in the bathroom sink. I spray the bottom of the frig also. Those drain flies lay eggs in the drain. All this stuff on this video is ok if you are catching insects to use them for something.

Does any of these work for the two types of house flies? Thx

How do u kill the eggs? Vinegar did not work for me. I don't even know where they are coming from. I am going crazy

I have the clear sticky traps theatres you place on the windows and a electric bug zapper

Sewer flies coming out of your drains. Cover all drains when possible.

Thanks! I hate that I wasted my Braggs but lesson learned

I agree about the soap but the plastic cover with holes aren’t really necessary. I don’t cover my dish at all and a get tons of dead fruit flies

Awesome! Thank you so much!!

How did you make the furmented water for the fruit flies. I'm drowning in them

Good I learned something

The problem with traps is that they attract more of them. I am reading they don't like strong smells like cinnamon and sence they use their noise to find your place you can use that against them.

Normally there always for me had to be fruit juice and dish soap with the vinegar and it worked perfectly. Strangely nothing much happening with the multi vitamin and other juice i have right now

Maybe the wine jar was the best after all, but the flies escaped through the secret door.

to save tomato seeds , you just squeeze on a paper towel, let dry, put in ziplock bag, then tear off what you want to plant. place towel and all in dirt

I've tried everything n I still haven't gotten rid of them. I saw some one in KZfaq let them land in your Seine glass then set them free outside...uhm if the vinegar attracts them then why not use wine with the soap saran wrap smh I don't get it lol I heard salt in the drain is good too. Bleach didn't help either.

Would prefer if you just got straight to the point - however your video was very informative 👌

I opened the fridge door and two fruit flies flew out. Found another today. I now double bag all food in the fridge. I hate them. I even found one in the bottle of water I was drinking. Only left it for a few seconds, but somehow it managed to get in.

Actually when I put out apple vinegar with detergent and sugar and place it on a table. No action. But if I put it on my porch I don’t even need to put sugar in. Inside the house, the sticky papers get rid of flies and gnats. I have had no success with apple vinegar inside the house, no matter the brand of vinegar with sugar and a few drops of detergent. The insects inside my house are attracted to the sticky paper. The gnats got inside my house from a house plant I bought. I have used hydrogen peroxide and need oil etc. The thing that works best is the sticky paper and diatomaceous.

You mix vinegar with water and sugar or honey or fruit. Not just vinegar. Must be diluted

The best is a little apple cider vinegar and a slice of banana with the banana just above the vinegar. Small holes in the middle. No holes near the edge.

So wine wins right...iv just tried the lemon one..I will see tomorrow if it works...but I will definitely do the wine as I drink wine regularly..thank for the trick

I don't cover with plastic

you have to add sugar to your ACV and a drop of dish soap and it works ..how on earth did you get such huge fruit flies in Canada in the USA they are tiny

Should have added a drop of dawn dish detergent and all of them would have caught something

I don't have plants at all and have a random infection, no fruits or vegetables at all.

Traps are only temporary fixes gotta kill the eggs. Roach spray and flee foggers will destroy them all.

Urine works awesome esp. After it sits for a couple days and ferments

JD works well instead o wine!

The Vinegar didnt work because you didnt add dish soap, the soap makes the flys sink to the bottom of the vinegar which makes them drown. Plus your holes are to big, they fly back out.

RED WINE MIXED WITH SIMPLE SYRUP WORKS AMAZINGLY.

Just heard Braggs isn’t the same since the company was bought by an investment group and celebs 🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️

A fan works great...

The mixture doesn't work for me. Too much vinegar, too much water, not enough dish soap, or not enough sugar? I'm frustrated! Is there a correct measurement?

Those are not fruit flys there drain flys theres a killer liquid for them online.

Add dish soap to your vinegar

13 minutes of how to NOT get rid of fruit flies

FF to 2:00

These traps have done nothing for me ! They are still multiplying

it might sound gross but urine works great

apple cider vinegar + dishwash soap doesn't work..

Try cleaning your drain pipes out

Really..i do this and the sugar and the dishsoap And they are still everyplace...i know the bastard came in on bannanas..been fighting them for a year!!!

WHY DO YOU SOAK SEEDS

The fruit is gonna not work without a way for them to die

Some sort of fruit pulp with water. You're welcome!

The fly flew in front the camera and I thought it was in my house lol😅

Cant understand a word--too fast...no info

I'm not sure if I have fruit flies or gnats. It's probably both. But they are driving me insane. I already use yellow sticky traps. They are a lifesaver. I have Katchy units and the couple of other off-brand zappers around. But, just watched this video while in bed. I jumped out of the bed and went to the kitchen and set up 3 traps. LOL. I did something a little different than what you did. I will keep you posted. Hopefully I see lots of dead bugs tomorrow. :) and yeah... ACV never works!

Ripe food is what humans have eaten for all time. Never heard of the cave man battling fruit flies.

Why is your video backward? You have your wedding ring on your right hand and you turned the lid on the little jars the wrong way to close them. And at the beginning the letters H2O were backwards; later they were right.

Why are you whispering? You're doing a public video. What's the secret?

OMG!!! GET TO THE POINT!!

She finally starts getting to the point at 3:00.

get to the point

Yap,Yap,Yap,you bore me to death,you don't even know you need to put soap in the vinegar.

This lady talk too much.... boring

That's enough, "wanna be" drama queen!

This is what worked for me: @carikshawn4201 @carikshawn4201 1 second ago @GuysPestSolutions GOOD AFTERNOON and I LOVE YOU. I used Ant and Roach Killer by EcoSmart and it is an Organic Insecticide. I sprayed my sink and bathroom as soon as I got off listening to you which was around noon yesterday. I didn't turn on the water in any sink and resprayed the drains before I went to bed as well and I DO NOT HAVE ONE FLYING GNAT ANYWHERE. This morning I boiled water and poured it down the drains and before I go to bed this evening I'm going to spray again and will probably do it every few days just to be safe. YOU BE WELL and from now on you are MY friend...those little creatures were everywhere and I was planning to day to put off a Hot Shot bomb and now I don't have to. I live in Houston by the way so sure hope others read this. Today is July 28th, 2023.