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Default Fruit fly infestation

On Sep 29, 9:13*pm, "Cheryl" > wrote:
> 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...


Onions contain a lot of sugar. Hence they caramelize well. And fruit
flies love sugar, and fruit hence the name.

John Kuthe...