gruesome tales of murder
I'm going to share with you my household pest-killing secret.
This morning I found a gross number of fruit flies loitering in my sink. Disgusting. I had only seen one or two up to this point, but the little bastards sure reproduced fast.
Liquid traps are usually the best for killing fruit flies, but I didn't have any of the recommended sweet pungent lures like apple vinegar or red wine to intice them into death-by-drowning.
Here's a method that works way better.
- find an overripe fruit and cut it up (a soft, squishy fruit like nectarine worked *excellent*)
- put it in a shallow container, seal with clingwrap and poke some small holes.
- fastforward overnight, or a day at work.
- find a large number of fruit flies trapped by their own greed. ho ho ho.
- how to get them out? It isn't a liquid trap, so they aren't drowned, and with all that food, they won't be dying anytime soon. You don't want to risk them getting loose again either. Only one thing to do.
- boil up some water. the fruit flies become agitated, flitting around frantically inside the trap, as if they know their short lives are at an end.
- place container in sink, and, aiming for the holes, douse with boiling water. instant multi-kill.
- chuck the whole mess into the garbage disposal. prepare more traps as necessary.
i had a crap day but this makes it better :P
This morning I found a gross number of fruit flies loitering in my sink. Disgusting. I had only seen one or two up to this point, but the little bastards sure reproduced fast.
Liquid traps are usually the best for killing fruit flies, but I didn't have any of the recommended sweet pungent lures like apple vinegar or red wine to intice them into death-by-drowning.
Here's a method that works way better.
- find an overripe fruit and cut it up (a soft, squishy fruit like nectarine worked *excellent*)
- put it in a shallow container, seal with clingwrap and poke some small holes.
- fastforward overnight, or a day at work.
- find a large number of fruit flies trapped by their own greed. ho ho ho.
- how to get them out? It isn't a liquid trap, so they aren't drowned, and with all that food, they won't be dying anytime soon. You don't want to risk them getting loose again either. Only one thing to do.
- boil up some water. the fruit flies become agitated, flitting around frantically inside the trap, as if they know their short lives are at an end.
- place container in sink, and, aiming for the holes, douse with boiling water. instant multi-kill.
- chuck the whole mess into the garbage disposal. prepare more traps as necessary.
i had a crap day but this makes it better :P