fruit fly trap

Vinegar-baited snare

A fruit fly trap is a device designed to attract and capture the small flies that gather around overripe produce.

Commercial versions typically use a container with entry holes and a liquid attractant.

Homemade traps often employ apple cider vinegar with a drop of dish soap to break surface tension: I set out a fruit fly trap near the compost bin.

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gnats · kitchen · garbage disposal · banana · pest · pest control · buzzing · fermenting · ripe · compost · swarm · jar · sticky · ripe bananas · bait · countertop · overripe · funnel

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pest control method

fruit fly trapfly swatter

Handheld bug killer

bug zapper · flyswatter · insecticide spray · bug spray · fly paper

attraction vs. repulsion

fruit fly trapinsect repellent

Substance deterring biting pests

citronella · fly screen · window screen

Family

fruit, trap, fruits, fruity, fruitful, fruitless, fruition, flying, flight

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Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G