"Doris Night" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 31 Oct 2014 17:35:22 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>"Oregonian Haruspex" > wrote in message
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>>> On 2014-10-31 07:13:54 +0000, Julie Bove said:
>>>
>>>> I just returned from the kitchen where I whipped up a batch of white
>>>> bread dough for a sandwich. And it was a good thing that I did! For
>>>> there in my bread keeper were at least a dozen fruit flies! Where did
>>>> they come from? I don't know. Although I have seen the occasional one
>>>> flying around over the summer, I hadn't seen any recently. This is the
>>>> bread keeper that I bought:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
>>>> Although I agree with some of the reviewers that it is a bit of a
>>>> clunky
>>>> and unwieldy design, I have had no problems with it until now. The
>>>> bread
>>>> I bake has no preservatives in it but the ventilation holes seem to
>>>> work
>>>> to prevent the bread from going moldy. It takes me 6-7 days to eat one
>>>> loaf and I have not seen any mold on it at all. Neither has it gotten
>>>> dried out.
>>>>
>>>> But obviously the little fruit flies got in through the holes. When I
>>>> spied them, I immediately snatched the whole thing up and took it
>>>> outside, attempting to close the ventilation holes but at least one
>>>> flew
>>>> out while I was in the garage. And even with the holes closed, it
>>>> isn't
>>>> a super tight seal. So...
>>>>
>>>> What do keep your bread in? A full loaf will technically fit into a
>>>> bread bag but the bags are not long enough to allow me to close them.
>>>> I
>>>> do have some 2 gallon bread type bags. The Baggies brand. I don't
>>>> even
>>>> remember buying the things so I haven't a clue where they came from and
>>>> it would appear that they are no longer being made. I do have some 2
>>>> gallon zippered bags. I could use those but I would prefer something
>>>> that isn't disposable as I intend to make bread weekly or more often.
>>>> Yes, I know that bags can be washed but that's kind of a PITA.
>>>>
>>>> Grrrr... I just did not need this. But at least I discovered it now
>>>> and
>>>> not when I was fixing to make toast of it. I guess I will have white
>>>> toast tomorrow because I don't need two full loaves of bread. The one
>>>> that I tossed was about half eaten.
>>>
>>> They (and their larvae) can live in your drain so get into the habit of
>>> pouring some boiling water down the drain hole every once in a while.
>>> That'll learn 'em.
>>
>>I do. I had a severe problem with drain flies once before. But boiling
>>water didn't help.
>
> Try some bleach. Or get a can of Raid and spray it into the drain.

I'm allergic to bleach and haven't seen any raid that is for fruit flies. I
don't think either thing will kill the eggs though.