Read more about the article Homemade Fruit Fly Traps
Invasive fruit flies plotting their attack

Homemade Fruit Fly Traps

Continue ReadingHomemade Fruit Fly Traps

They're everywhere! Tiny, annoying fruit flies, that is. They're trying to get into our tomatoes, peaches, nectarines, and plums. They're even breeding in our compost bucket. What to do? Break out the big guns. The lowly fruit fly has a very short reproductive cycle. The female Drosophila melanogaster (common fruit or vinegar fly) lays eggs about 5 at a time, which hatch and become adults in 4-19 days depending on the ambient temperature. Adults can live for up to 3…

End of content

No more pages to load