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On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 19:15:00 -0800 (PST), --Bryan >
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>On Dec 5, 8:48*pm, Omelet > wrote:
>> After contending with small numbers of them for a long time, I finally
>> seem to have gotten rid of the suckers. ;-) Trick was to totally
>> eliminate ANYthing that could attract them!
>>
>> So, steps I took:
>>
>> NO food scraps of ANY kind (not even meat wrappers) go into the kitchen
>> trash can.

>
>You had omnivorous fruit flies that liked meat.
>
>You know what is worse? drain flies:
>http://www.westopthebugs.com/images/DrainFlyLg.jpg
>
>They live in and love sewage. Nasty, nasty, nasty.
>

Oh, you mean dago flies! hehe
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--Bryan > wrote:

> > I see those in the bathroom occasionally at work and kill any one I see.
> > To date, I've never had them here. *I pour bleach solution down the sink
> > overflow at work whenever they appear and that takes care of it.
> >
> > Sometimes I have to do housekeepings job. ;-)

>
> You Texans! You just can't STAND that the cockroaches in Hawaii might
> be bigger than yours, can you?
> > --
> > Peace! Om

>
> --Bryan


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brooklyn1 wrote:

> On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 19:15:00 -0800 (PST), --Bryan >
> wrote:
>
>> On Dec 5, 8:48 pm, Omelet > wrote:
>>> After contending with small numbers of them for a long time, I
>>> finally seem to have gotten rid of the suckers. ;-) Trick was to
>>> totally eliminate ANYthing that could attract them!
>>>
>>> So, steps I took:
>>>
>>> NO food scraps of ANY kind (not even meat wrappers) go into the
>>> kitchen trash can.

>>
>> You had omnivorous fruit flies that liked meat.
>>
>> You know what is worse? drain flies:
>> http://www.westopthebugs.com/images/DrainFlyLg.jpg
>>
>> They live in and love sewage. Nasty, nasty, nasty.
>>

> Oh, you mean dago flies! hehe



To get rid of them just plant the cybertwot nearby, make sure she is wearing
a blowsy skirt and no panties...


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