On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 22:36:01 -0700 (PDT), Roy wrote:

> On Sep 29, 11:19*pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>> "Cheryl" > wrote in message
>>
>> 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!
>
> ==
> 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.
>
> ==

i had a few a couple of weeks ago. a small, shallow dish with a scant inch
of apple cider vinegar (apparently white doesn't work) and a couple drops
of dishwashing liquid (to break the surface tension - the little ****s try
to land and drown) took care of it in a day or two. no funnels, paper or
otherwise.

your pal,
blake