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Default Fruit fly infestation

On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 22:13:26 -0400, "Cheryl" >
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> Luckily, not at my house. I've seen one here and there, but nothing out of
> control. I finally got to the store tonight and was looking through produce
> and needed some onions, so was about to pick up a few yellow onions from the
> loose bin but they were COVERED with fruit flies! Literally dotted with
> them. Flying around. Disgusting. I didn't buy any, needless to say.


Huh. I don't associate onions with fruit flies. I wonder why that
happened?

> The
> ones in the mesh bags while they cost a little more didn't have any that I
> could see, and they weren't anywhere near the loose ones. I carefully
> looked over the few other produce items I needed and didn't see the
> infestation that was on the onions.
>
> I told the checker, but he's a kid and my next door neighbor and he just
> said "that's nasty". lol


I don't see fruit flies anymore, even at the organic green grocer who
displays a lot of his produce outside.

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