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"I'm Going Crazy Every Summer"... How to Get Rid of Fruit Flies Throughout Your Home?


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During this hot and humid summer, aren't fruit flies running rampant around your kitchen, sink, and trash cans?

Let's look at some easy ways to deal with these annoying fruit flies.

Fruit flies can lay about 500 eggs at a time, and it only takes 8 to 10 days for them to grow from eggs into adults.

That is why you have likely experienced how quickly fruit flies multiply if you leave food waste or fruit peels out for even a short time during the summer.

If the fruit fly population has already increased, you must first reduce the number of adult flies.

The simplest method is a vinegar trap.

Pour vinegar into a small cup or bottle and add one or two drops of dish soap.

Then, cover the top with plastic wrap and poke several small holes in it to complete the vinegar trap.

After that, you need to keep your kitchen clean so that fruit flies do not gather again.

You can get rid of fruit flies through basic maintenance, such as disposing of food waste immediately, scrubbing away slime from drains, and drying out wet dishcloths.

(Source: Segye Ilbo)

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