daninthesand
09-29-2003, 09:18 PM
Hi Gang.
I thought you might find this kinda cool. I did.....
I have several bins of red wiggler worms that I use to feed my fishes. Unfortunately one drawback is the tendency for the bins to attract fruit flies. The fruit flies like to breed on the fruit and vegies i put in the bins for the worms. My wife puts up with the fish and even the worms, but not the fruit flies! I don't blame her. :( They ARE a nuicance.
So i searched the net and found a solution for catching the darn little buggers. It works like a charm, and the fruit fly population has been cut waaayyyyy down in a matter of days. I thought you might find it usefull too.
Very simple. Get an empty 2 litre pop bottle. Drill a small 1/8" or less hole in the lid. Cut the top off the bottle at about where the bottle's wall becomes straight. IE just past where it curves. Put some fruit and a little wine in the bottom of the bottle. Flip the top you cut off and place it with the lid down. Put a piece of tape around the top where the two cut surfaces meet to secure the contraption together.
Thats it. Done. Just put the thing near your worm bins and watch the flies get caught. They find their way through the small hole in the lid , but can't figure out how to exit.
The design is such that they check in but the never check out! Hahahahah! I like to crush the flies up near the top where the two pieces meet to make sure they don't find their way out. :P Here's a bad pic of what I mean.
Daniel
I thought you might find this kinda cool. I did.....
I have several bins of red wiggler worms that I use to feed my fishes. Unfortunately one drawback is the tendency for the bins to attract fruit flies. The fruit flies like to breed on the fruit and vegies i put in the bins for the worms. My wife puts up with the fish and even the worms, but not the fruit flies! I don't blame her. :( They ARE a nuicance.
So i searched the net and found a solution for catching the darn little buggers. It works like a charm, and the fruit fly population has been cut waaayyyyy down in a matter of days. I thought you might find it usefull too.
Very simple. Get an empty 2 litre pop bottle. Drill a small 1/8" or less hole in the lid. Cut the top off the bottle at about where the bottle's wall becomes straight. IE just past where it curves. Put some fruit and a little wine in the bottom of the bottle. Flip the top you cut off and place it with the lid down. Put a piece of tape around the top where the two cut surfaces meet to secure the contraption together.
Thats it. Done. Just put the thing near your worm bins and watch the flies get caught. They find their way through the small hole in the lid , but can't figure out how to exit.
The design is such that they check in but the never check out! Hahahahah! I like to crush the flies up near the top where the two pieces meet to make sure they don't find their way out. :P Here's a bad pic of what I mean.
Daniel