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J. Clarke[_2_]

In article >,
says...
>
> "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!

Most likely they're thriving on fruit flies.