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Default Controlling fruit flies

On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 19:15:00 -0800 (PST), --Bryan >
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>On Dec 5, 8:48*pm, Omelet > wrote:
>> After contending with small numbers of them for a long time, I finally
>> seem to have gotten rid of the suckers. ;-) Trick was to totally
>> eliminate ANYthing that could attract them!
>>
>> So, steps I took:
>>
>> NO food scraps of ANY kind (not even meat wrappers) go into the kitchen
>> trash can.

>
>You had omnivorous fruit flies that liked meat.
>
>You know what is worse? drain flies:
>http://www.westopthebugs.com/images/DrainFlyLg.jpg
>
>They live in and love sewage. Nasty, nasty, nasty.
>

Oh, you mean dago flies! hehe