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  1. 10-30-2007, 05:44 PM #1
    packinpatland
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    Anyone else bothered??

    I am inundated with fruit flies! Anyone else having problems?
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  2. 10-30-2007, 10:19 PM #2
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    I haven't really gotten rid of them since I brought tomatoes inside from the garden in late summer.
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  3. 10-30-2007, 10:29 PM #3
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    http://www.motherearthnews.com/Organ.../Shoo-Fly.aspx

    More than you wanted to know and PIPL there's a photo for you...

    http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Fruit-Flies
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  4. 10-31-2007, 12:08 AM #4
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    time flies like the wind
    fruit flies like a banana

    maybe this old saying will be of some help
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  5. 10-31-2007, 10:28 AM #5
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    All I know is, I'm tired of putting a lid on my glass of wine.
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  6. 10-31-2007, 10:29 AM #6
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    just drink out of the bottle. who you fooling with the long-stem glasses, anyway? Party on!
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  7. 10-31-2007, 10:30 AM #7
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    I was thinking sippy cup.
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  8. 10-31-2007, 10:33 AM #8
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    That's next...........can't look any 'tackier' than plastic covers I stole (from under the bathroom sink) out of the hotel room last week.
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  9. 10-31-2007, 12:46 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zool
    I was thinking sippy cup.
    Wine needs to breath...but that's not a bad idea.
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  10. 10-31-2007, 04:17 PM #10
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    heard a home remedy that I'm going to try. We've got them too. applecider vineger and soap. the vineger attracks them and the soap makes their wings sticky and they drown. I've used orange soda and soap for outdoor events to keep the bee's down.
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  11. 11-14-2007, 09:47 AM #11
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    OK, the fruit flies have left.............................NOW it's the #@%*%!!!!! Lady Bugs!!!
    Anyone else?
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  12. 11-14-2007, 10:18 AM #12
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    Send 'em to ME!! They eat garden pests. Just take them outside to the garden
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  13. 11-14-2007, 10:21 AM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by packinpatland
    OK, the fruit flies have left.............................NOW it's the #@%*%!!!!! Lady Bugs!!!
    Anyone else?
    They probably ate the fruit flies, so give em a little credit. Now the question becomes, Who eats ladybugs? Time to introduce some birds into your house.
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  14. 11-14-2007, 10:28 AM #14
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    I don't know why she swallowed a fly...
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  15. 11-14-2007, 11:23 AM #15
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    Quote Originally Posted by packinpatland
    OK, the fruit flies have left.............................NOW it's the #@%*%!!!!! Lady Bugs!!!
    Anyone else?
    Lady bugs are good. Leave them alone. If they happen to get in your wine save them.
    C.H.U.D.
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  16. 11-14-2007, 12:22 PM #16
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    [quote="MJZiggy"]I don't know why she swallowed a fly...[/quot

    "...perhaps she'll die..."

    No, no. PIP, you have too much to live for!
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