How To Deal With Fruit Flies And Drain Flies
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- Опубліковано 30 лип 2022
- Pat Sullivan with Sullivan Hardware has tips on how to deal with fruit flies and drain flies.
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I can handle watching a 3 or 4 minute video like this that actually addresses the problem and solution quickly. To all the other UA-cam creators spending 13-18 minutes on this very issue, I passed y'all on by.
Like making a call and covering information that means nothing and costs time to listen and then shouting because they can't hear you.
Yall literally rambling on about nonsense
We had fruit fly problem that was driving us crazy. After months, we figured out the kitchen drain pipe, in the crawlspace was broken. So water and food was draining and festering down there. And the flies were coming through the broken pipe. Fixed the pipe and the fly problem.
Drain Flies........ I've had this issue for two summers now in bathrooms that are rarely use (that's one of the problems) I tried every type of drain cleaner and boiling water and they'd still come back Someone told me to use Dawn dish liquid. Fill the sink bowl pretty high with very warm/hot water and swish the detergent around to make it good and sudsy and pull the plug. I did that every day for a week in each of the drains (shower too) and everything disappeared. Now I make it a habit to do this once a week in each drain. Supposedly since Dawn is famous for cutting grease, it cleans the drains stopping the build-up of eggs from the drain flies. Haven't had a single once since I've been doing this and no harmful chemicals need to be used.
Think I'll try this . Thanks !
Do you let the soapy water sit or drain out immediately after filling?
You should try adding oil to drains you don't use often. This should reduce the evaporation.
@@tayloralliease8013did it work?
@@CosmicTruthTeller did it work?
Thank you! What you’ve shown is working for me.
Lmfao the start of the video where he is just clapping at them 😭🤣 thats me rn 💀
Thats me as well 😭😭😭
😂😂😂😂
Absolutely hate these flies! Call them little bass-turds. This week I went through 2 cans of Raid, Hot Shot (both of those left an oily residue), Zevo and several acv & dish soap containers. I bombed one time. I think I brought them home on bananas from the grocery store. Got so sick of making the homemade saucer ones. Yesterday I plugged up the drains ran about an inch of hot water in both sinks, poured in some acv and dish soap. Swirled all that together and went to bed. Was amazed at how many flies were in the sink!!! I've seen and killed 4 today. My tips ... treat for them at the first sight (Zevo worked the best of the sprays) shake the cans well before every spray. Don't give up. They won't. By the way, our dollar tree sells a small bottle of acv for $1.25.
So glad you distinguished the difference between fruit flies and drain flies. My landlord keeps trying to tell me that I’m leaving food out… this helped so much
I bought several of them little apples they work too. I open them up & I see alot of these annoying fruit flies. I'm also trying bleach in my drains too. Imma try liquid draino next. I don't have any fruit laying around tho. I keep all my fruit in the fridge. Seems like it's more now since it's fall. I didn't see any in the summer. So it must be the drains. Thanx for this video it helped😊
Thank you for making this video 🙏🏼
Thank you. Not trying to sell something just giving the information.
thank you!!!! my parents are slacking on their chores and the house is completely infested
Thank you! Going to try this. It’s so bad in my kitchen . I couldn’t figure out where they were coming from. Must be my drains!
Very helpful!
Thanks for the video. Straight ton the point.
The problem is Drano and Liquid-Plumber are not good for any Plumbing pipes and any professional will tell you that. It eats away bit by bit at your plumbing and then you're going to be spending thousands of dollars once your sewer line needs to be replaced. I know cuz it happened to me. The only drains that I did not use those products on was the bathroom and the laundry room and the sewer line from that area of the house were fine when checked during the inspection but my kitchen Plumbing literally was chewed up and half gone under the cement slab. Cost over 10 grand to replace.
Did you only put the drano down once? How often did you use it for it to happen?
Take used water bottle. Cut in half. Take spout end and turn it upside down into the bottom half. Like a funnel. Pour apple cider vinegar, regular vinegar etc. add a drop of dish soap. Swirl gently. Let ferment. Reuses old plastics. You can also put these outside for flies. The stinkier the better. They love it. Those padlocks on the cabinets though.
Haha, just noticed the locks😹 I will try your way but with red wine.. they seem to love and be highly attracted to red wine.
Yesss,they be in my kitchen even when there isn't any fruit lol! Just made some banana bread and here they come👀🤣
😂😂😂
Damn
@@madeintexas1213 hey fellow texan😍
@@Texas_Made_ it’s always good to see Texans out in the wild 😂
@@madeintexas1213 🤦♀️😅
Good info thanks for sharing.
Thank you!
My IQ is up 5 points after watching this
The swatting is sending meee😂😂😂😂
This is awesome. I've used pine sol overnight.
I never had an issue with these until I had my sewer tank sucked dry. I've used everything on the market & they still come up the drains & fly around.
I've used literally spent $1000's on these products & they still come back! I'm lost so tired of messing with these bugs that I'm ready to move
I'm currently going through the same thing. It feels like constant torture
Same
No cap it doesn’t end like why
Yup same. Zevo fly traps and bug zappers help but I still dont know where these stupid things are coming from
I also recently had my septic tank pumped and am getting flies also... Never had them before
I've been fighting these flies for years, thanks to you They are gone.
Did they bite you?
I can't tell what these little black flying bugs are. They look like gnats but they aren't attracted to any vinegar concoction or fly trap. They also have made their way into the bathroom and bedrooms not just the kitchen and honestly they seem mostly attracted to people, like always hovering around us.
Maybe phorid flies. I’m dealing with those myself and they look like fruit flies from afar but aren’t generally attracted to my fruit or food.
Try red wine with a drop of soap in the dish or half cut water bottle with the spout tucked down. I tried zero spray before, it usually works, not the peppermint smelling one, the more lemon grassy mist one.(looks like a trigger, not a push button bottle at target)
This exact thing is happening to me and has been a problem for about two months. Absolutely nothing I've done has worked, and I've tried most everything. The dish soap trap, yellow sticky traps, fly ribbons, draino, bleach, hydrogen peroxide, no trash, no food, closed trash can lid, barely eat in my apartment anymore, only eat in the living room, and now a trap that uses blue light. I hope the blue light traps will work because this feels like my last hope. Please help
Okay, so I cleaned my trash can because it still smelled even when the trash bag wasn't inside. The situation seems currently to be way better now, though I hope this situation continues to stay way better than it had been. What especially helped was having electronic bug catchers that use blue light.
@@Mcwollybobdo the blue light bug catchers cost a lot?
A pot of boiling water is cheaper.
hey Pat - you need to fix that leaky faucet lol
They are so bad right now...all in my face lol
😂😂😂 Ikr
If you have cats and leave out wet food for an extended period of time, they will appear. I am struggling to get rid of them with the dawn soap and vinegar mix. I can’t cook or drink without have one fly in front of me. They gotta go like yesterday!
This is why I stopped giving my cats wet food. That and it smelled so bad
@@Aryck143 . only dry food can block thier bladder
I leave dry out during the day for kitty to pick and give the wet 2x I just get rid of it with in the hour but typically once my cat walks away she’s done with it so I toss what’s left. They don’t seem interested in dry food bc they hang by my trash ugh.
@@Aryck143
Wet food is best, as it’s higher in protein.
I put about an inch of vinegar and a drop of dish detergent in a pretty wine glass and set by the sink or where the fruit is stored. It is amazing how many fruit flies and drain flies it catches.
its awesome yes, but doesn't help when they've hived in the drain.
maybe i put too much dish soap b/c it smells like apple vinegar. the fruit flies are smart, they won't even land on the saran wrap
@@jinsu0504 They like the smell of vinegar. I don't put any saran wrap on top of the glass at all.
@@straightopointsame here a full dish of apple cider vinegar..nothing on top of it..they never went near it
Will white vinegar work?
We are on septic. Does that make it worse? Do you treat the same way? They also come out of the bathroom sinks overflow holes. We don't have a graywater setup, so everything goes to the septic tank.
A friend leaves empty alcohol bottles around, this explains so much. Im gonna try and help her out also get rid of the empty bottles.
Thanks dad!
I have some of the apple traps but they don’t work for me because the gnats just sit on top of it! I’ll get one or two inside the trap but sooo many just hover around it or sit somewhere close to it.
I tried the vinegar, baking soda, and dawn but it didn't work. It killed the flies but not the larva. I bought a gallon jug of Invade bio drain, and poured it down all my sinks in the house for five days (had no clue from which drain they were coming from so I did them all) , in the evening when none of the sinks would be used, and my fly problem stopped. Noticed a big decrease just after the first day. Now I just treat them once monthly.
I like this guy 😂
Did you mix the Draino powder defense?
Didn't know about (drain) flies. Fruit flies yes. Thanks for sharing this. 👍
I didn’t realize it but there was a flat blackened banana on my dresser… I saw one or two flying around a few weeks or so ago and now it’s a whole community 💀 already did the thing with the drains, but gonna have to try it your ways too.
I found that my cordless dyson was a good way to catch them👍 make sure you keep your finger on the power for a minute though as they don't die straight away.
I've got them in my bathroom (no fruit here) and have to keep re spraying them dead. But how do I find where they are coming from?
Is it self-defeating to pour down the drain cleaner after you use a citronella oil?
Yes same here
I'm hoping that someone can recommend a product that will help me eliminate gnats from my apartment. I have already done the obvious things, such as getting rid of left-over food and empty soda cans, but the gnats are still there. I am going to be away from my apartment for about a week and a half, and I'm hoping there is some kind of aerosol can that I can use while I am away. I would like something that I can activated and work while I am away. Any ideas? Thanks.
Awesome video… curious to know why the lock is on the cabinet??? Had to ask lol
It’s there to keep the flies out! 😂
Pregnant fruit fly: "that fake apple is apple'n gots to go in and do the thang" 😆
Set up a vinegar trap for them. I cut the top off of a 20 oz soda bottle, poured in vinegar/water mixture, place the cut-off section of the soda bottle upside down, with the mouth of it going inside the bottle. They get in, but they can't get out.
Sadistic. ☠️ Love it.
Sure that kills a few but not all
And then what? Keep it there forever? They still live in the pipes
WOW DUDE you are a real authoraty on flys!
I just moved in my house 8 months ago (I'm a renter) and it's literally infested in here with these I have sticky traps hanging up they're all over my house I've clean my drains with bleach, I've clean my drain with baking soda and vinegar with hot boiling water I make sure everything is clean I don't have no fruit laying around and I still can't get rid of them they have been here the whole entire time I have lived here. At this point it's exhausting. I have hundreds of them in my house. No matter how much I clean it does not get rid of them I can set up traps and it does not get rid of them. I'm thinking I might have to call an exterminator.
Try bio-clean (friendly bacteria)
You might not have fruit or drain flies. Did you look into plant gnats? Take a few to a local gardening shop maybe they can help identify the problem and correct solution for you 😢
Same! Update us once you have a solution please!!
I read a comment somewhere where someone suggested using a bug bomb/fogger in every room of the house. Perhaps that will help. If it doesn't perhaps they aren't in the drain.
If you have a crawl space, check for broken or cracked drainage pipes.
I live in an apartment and i started having issues with these amnoying fruit flies for about a week or so. I finally tried the vingar and soap thing and they falling for it, some of them are smart. Yes these things are annoying
I did the same thing and they're dying but I still have them
vinegar traps only work if you can kill every 1 before they lay eggs finding the source is the key
Will this damage disposals?
Amazing content and information! Thank you !
Does anyone know what to do in my bathroom they’re are these little bugs that are like orange and smaller than ants that keep crawling out from my sink in my bathroom and they won’t stop
Fr people leave food out have stuff everywhere
use a adjustable mist to stream spray bottle put some cleaning agent concentrate or dishsoap in the bottle and fill with water if you have light coiored surfaces and cabinets the flies like to land and congregrate. once you can locate the main hoard of them usually tiny dots on surfaces you then use inbetween mist and spray on the bottle so the stream is mostly straignt beam with maybe slight mistto widen its range slightly.....if this makes sense so far...now you can come into the area you wish to eradicate these asshole flies...you assault them with the spray bottle they start weaving around but you can quickly become deadly with the spray bottle. if the flies are close to a wall sort of hovering once u aim u may spray three times before you hit it but ull hit it and it will slam the flies against the walls and they get stuck and die from the cleaner or bleach in the bottle....ive tried traps and all that stuff...this is by far the fastest and most satisfying way i think to kill them other than getting close to them with a butane torch and melting the wings off them as they try and fly so the body just falls now but it tries to survive then you smash it and laugh maniacally. also ive noticed when the flies you typically get from bananas have a chance to breed they can get super annoying.....if you start depraving them of their typical food sourcce they will start eating weird stuff...i seen them on sliced pork roast from air fryer....meat weird...but if you have 2nd generation or more of them you`ll notice some fly slow but disappear but some run really fast randomly like they are tweaking out but they are easier to successfully smash without them flying away....when the food source they are mainly thriving on changes over generations their behavior is different and if you make them desparate they will try and keep flying right in your face almost like they are attacking u.
I use a small tupperware container, I would put about 15 to 20 very tiny holes in the cover using a very thin phillips head screwdriver, then on the reverse side of the cover put peanut butter on the corners but not too close to the holes, and then put apple cider vinegar into the base of the tupperware container and close it with the cover, put the closed container next to the sink for 24/48 hours and all of the flies will be inside the container.
They like to hang out in your out waste cans too!
Where do you buy the powder?
Can get it at Home Depot or Lowes or Tractor Supplies... can Also check target or Walmart
Am I the only one that thought that there were flies or bugs on the curtains?
I read that cleaning here and there with Pine Sol will run away house flies.
Anyone know if using Pine Sol would deter and chase away Fruit Flies? I just havent broke down yet and bought a bottle!
Funny thing, I found an old bottle of Pine Sol with 2 drops in the bottom stuffed among Mom's old cleaners! It had a 99 cent sticker on it.
Looking online the local Walmart sells the same 32oz bottle of Pine Sol NOW for $6. !!!
$14. for 32 oz of Drain Defense mentioned here.... GESH! Who'd of thought flies could be so expensive!
Shout out to all my sink pissers.
What does that do?
Bleach just a cap full
PLEASE HELP! For some reason for the past couple of month we have had millions of fruit flies in our home, and we have no idea where they're coming from. We've lived in this house for over 10 years, and any time we've ever gotten a few fruit flies in our home, it's always been because we have something starting to rot in our fruit basket that sits on our countertop. We then throw away the rotting fruit or veggie, and the flies disappear within a day. However, now we suddenly have what seems like millions of them in our home, and we have no idea where they're coming from. We've eliminated all fruits and veggies sitting out in our kitchen, we've made certain to keep the countertops whipped down, and our trash gets taken out daily, and we've even bleached every sink, shower and tub drain in our home. However we still have thousands of these things buzzing around. We have these little clear stick on insect strips we put on our windows, and within a couple of day, they get so full of those little fruit flies, we have to change them out. Every single day we have to change out our dog's water at least three times a day because it fills up with fruit flies. WTH?!!! I've started putting out little dishes filled with a solution of apple cider vinegar, water, sugar and dish soap, and while they do work to catch a bunch of them, they just keep on coming. We're totally at a loss as to where they're coming from, and what to do about them. In the decade we've lived in this home, we've never had anything like this before. Please help if you're able.
I hear ya. I'm having the same issue except I don't have any fruits. I set traps of apple cider and dawn dish soap in mini storage containers covered up with plastic wrap. All sudden so many came. I literally had to eat my dinner fast since the damn flies were coming at me. I never had this darn issue.
@vickycarden1511 SAME here. Years past we see a few pesky fruit flies. Like others have said here, freshen up the fruit bowl, dont have any fruits or veggies sitting around. NONE. But this year its like the plague. WEIRD and wonder what is going on with all these flies??? Never seen them in such numbers and hanging around so lone... What or WHO brought them here? SHOULD BE ILLEGAL.
Sure wish theyd GO. They will here in Ohio when it gets good and cold but thats not....YET. UGH.
Will white vinegar work?
@@DouglasGross6022 I don't have any more fruit flies. Apple cider vinegar and dawn originally scent dish soap
@@DouglasGross6022They like fermented or rotting fruits. They feed on yeast and bacteria. So like wine, apple cider vinegar, rotted bananas. I think they like beer too
Can’t get rid of them . I tried the apple cider vinegar. Never see the coming out of drain .
Same here, still got em?
Does anyone else's liquid evaporate before it catches flies
I’m in Australia , do they sell fruit fly stuff here
I simply bought a bug zapper and placed it in my kitchen - I love to hear them get zapped lol - Problem solved
What worked for me is I poured some Apple Cider vinegar in a small Tupperware lid and it caught a ton of fruit flies!
What liquid?
Use alpine fly bait and keep area clean
Why is there a padlock on your cabinet?😂
Nah because explain the whole lock on the cabinet 😂😂
I’m having a gnat problem & my house stays clean.. it’s like for every 1 I kill 5 reappears today I did my daily gnat check & something told me to check my sink & boom it was about 30 of both gnats & fruit flies
What with the locks on the doors?????????
Omg I’m done and getting irritated. I’ve done the Apple vinegar in the drains it’s now bad in my bathroom
I used my car vacuum and it took me about 2 minutes and now they’re gone.
What did u do jus vacuum the air? And after u vacuum them up don't more jus come?
My house is full of them every room I don't know where they're coming from...seems like the walls.
I have both fruit and drain flies I can't eat at home no more I cannot relax.
A considerate lodger did this to me. His room was gross...2 years later I'm still paying for it...they drive you mad
Tons of them flying fast by the garbage sink kitchen
Can't get dawn wasyup liquid in the UK I think.
Where u but that ?
The only thing that works for me is those apples. I wish you could find the juice alone for refills. I hate having to keep buying apples/juices every week.
He said in the video the juice is just vinegar. Maybe just buy some vinegar and use that to refill the apples
@@thatchickbriii Tried, no go. I think it's sugar water and vinegar. I'll try that. I know Lemon juice down the drain works for a few days.
I did hot water, & bleach. The next day hot water followed by peroxide.
And they can carry e-coli and salmonella…ugh
What bugs me the most, is that although the flies are easy enough to kill (soapy water), the larvae are not. I finally found where they were hanging out in my shower by pouring vinegar into every little crevice. About an hour later I go check, and there’s worms wriggling around all over. Didn’t even know they had that stage. So I decided to see how soap worked. It got to the point where I dumped straight liquid soap on them, and they still just crawled through it.
i think thise are maggots
@@borry3889 ya that probably the more appropriate term. But ya straight distilled white vinegar got them to evacuate then I sealed the gaps. Should be good now, we’ll see.
@@dontforgettolike7127How did it turn out?
@@DouglasGross6022 once they poured out of the gaps, I sealed them. No more showing up. Obviously if they are in the drain you can’t just seal that up, but I imagine just some boiling water for a couple days outta do it. Lucky for me they weren’t in the actual drain.
@@dontforgettolike7127 how did you seal them
That fly killer has such a bad rating.
I use a Kirby vacuum cleaner with the hose attached and spend an hour or more sucking in all those gnats I find on the cabinet doors and sink and fridge areas! Then I kick out my roommate for a week for not doing his job in keeping the kitchen clean!! 🤬🤬🤬
The thing you don't mention, and I really wish you would have, because I have these little pests in abundance, is what those substances you put in your drain do to your septic system.
🌬📢💨Spray yr home w/essential
😏ils.
Sugar water works too
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
There Have Been (I Think) Gnats & Phorid Flies In My House For Years & I Wanna Kms So Badly My Parents Don't Do Anything Abt Them Omg Gnats/Phorid Flies Are Worse Than Mosquitoes You Can't Change My Mind
Mine are always in kitchen
That is where mine is, some in the bedroom and living room.
I think what we have are drain fly larvae...they just crawl around til I murder them. But...they're ALWAYS back
yup, apple cider vinegar and dish soap
You can use a piece of half eaen fruit too
LOL. BEEN CLAPPING ALL DAY AROUND HERE ! So annoying!
Why do they fly all.over the house so annoying
Where you buy it is expensive is it our responsibility if you live in apartment s
I hate all F** insects ... especially these little ************ thanks for the tips .
I like you !! Done
I just use a steamer on my drains and bam dead flies.
What do you mean a steamer?
How about just hot hot water??
I hate drain flies they make my skin crawl they are in my bathroom aHHHHHHHHH I’ve never had to deal with this before