On Sep 29, 11:19*pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> "Cheryl" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > 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. *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've gotten them a few times from bananas. *Now I am careful to check them
> and won't buy if I see any. *Will never buy bananas from Costco again!
> Won't buy onions either but for a different reason. *Twice, at least half of
> the onions in the bag were rotten.
>
> When we first got this house, there was lots of rotting produce outside.
> Two apple and two pear trees. *One pear tree very close to the kitchen and
> the kitchen door screen was ripped. *So it was handy for them to fly right
> in.
>
> Danged things are hard to get rid of.
>
> Now I just have to find out how to get rid of spiders. *They seem worse than
> ever this year!

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Have had oodles this fall from tomatoes brought in from a friend's
place. Set an open 2 litre pop bottle out with an inch or so of
vinegar solution in the bottom. Have caught about a dozen so far.
Maybe fruit juice would have been better choice. In another room used
Raid and closed the door. Got that room cleared. Filled the sink full
of water...got a number there as they were attracted by the overhead
light. Covered my remaining tomatoes after throwing out the rotting
ones. Saw one around tonight and it eventually drowned in my cooled
coffee cup. So maybe I'll eventually be free of them. Nasty little
beasts fly in your eyes and seem to be attracted to my glasses,
especially when in front of the computer monitor.

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