Catch fruit flies (Drosophila) with vinegar
Written by scottology on November 6, 2009 – 6:07 pm -
How to catch some 50 fruit flies in 100 minutes. Recipe: Equal amounts of water and any WHITE vinegar (red will not work – I don’t know why, maybe it’s the colour). Add to this just a few drops of detergent to reduce surface tension.
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Tags: drosophila, fly, Fruit, vinegar
Posted in Fruit Flies | 25 Comments »
By buickgn38sfi on Nov 6, 2009 | Reply
I made my own fly trap with a large glass and a paper funnel. I used cherry tomatos and lots of honey. I cought hundreds of them in just 2 days they were all gone.
By SDRockman on Nov 6, 2009 | Reply
YES it DOES work! Did you read the description for the recipe that works? Did you use WHITE vinegar instead of RED vinegar? Check that you are adding the right amounts, as I have used this plenty of times as I HATE fruit flies with an unnatural passion….
By nadserellie69 on Nov 6, 2009 | Reply
Can they survive a Vermont winter in my bathroom?
By buickgn38sfi on Nov 6, 2009 | Reply
I am throwing the bullshit flag on this one… I tried it! I DOES NOT WORK! I have supa-flies there amune and they are multiplying! AHHHHHH
By danspare on Nov 6, 2009 | Reply
Around these blacks you cant relax.
By verocity on Nov 6, 2009 | Reply
Why dont these fucking researches make some genetically modified fucking fruit fly that will kill them off wholesale!
By verocity on Nov 6, 2009 | Reply
I hate these fucking bastards with a passion, its october now and i still have them! I cant get rid of them, i bleached drains bleached counters bleached drains in bathroom and kitchen still appear!!!! argh
By release2 on Nov 6, 2009 | Reply
Thanks for the recipe. I made a trap like this but also placed a paper cone, with a hole cut off the tip, facing down. Then taped it to the cup around the outside. It works! They get in, and most aren’t smart enough to get back out – but some are.
I felt a little bad watching two of them on the top side of the cone. Two were following and “kissing” each other then scurrying away. One (I assumed the female) then deserted the male, and went inside and almost instantly drowned. LMAO. Poor male.
By rapidzmyrapidz on Nov 6, 2009 | Reply
i hate these damn bugs. they wont go away no mattter how much i clean. and my lil siss dont help at all leaving all sweets out. me and my bro just spray them with bleach lol! but we have trash in our garage cos trouble with bills… we arent poor. but plz dont say bad comments about me.
By ctsfinestjon on Nov 6, 2009 | Reply
lol.I like fruit flies.Dtas why i typed to search it.Why r u guys watchin this and how did u stumble in to it.Did u type it down like me.Fruit flies are awesome
By reksub10 on Nov 6, 2009 | Reply
another good way to get rid of the fruit flies is CLEAN YOUR FUCKING HOUSE
By sansdanger on Nov 6, 2009 | Reply
the electric fly swatter is way more fun and faster. i dont think there is anything left of those flies after
By Faygo069 on Nov 6, 2009 | Reply
can this actually attract more fruit flies?
By apexaddicted on Nov 6, 2009 | Reply
Hmm…never had much luck with white vinegar. But I’m currently performing fruit flies genocide with apple cider vinegar and the glass/paper cone trap. I’ve seen 5 fly in since I started the video!
By molekylmartin on Nov 6, 2009 | Reply
I want to spend as little money and effort on those bastards as possible. If you do it with cheap white vinegar, I suppose you don’t have to dilute it. I usually use my homemade cidervinegar, which I make from my home made apple cider. Lots of work behind! Therfore – dilution
By molekylmartin on Nov 6, 2009 | Reply
As honeylocs said: any dish detergent will do it. Actually anything that lowers the surface tension. Liquid soap should work fine as well.
By derekwwww on Nov 6, 2009 | Reply
why add water (and dilute the vinegar)?
By weatherleaf on Nov 6, 2009 | Reply
omg thank you for this 8D I’m trying this right now. God I wouldn’t have to deal with a swarm of flies in my kitchen if my dad hadn’t left ice cream sitting in the garbage can for a week. And he’s supposed to be in charge of taking the trash out too. =_=
By honeylocs2008 on Nov 6, 2009 | Reply
I’ve made it using a few drops of Dawn dish detergent, but any dish detergent should work fine.
By mikeokhurtz on Nov 6, 2009 | Reply
hey what kind of detergent?
laundry? or any ?
By thewishmaster87 on Nov 6, 2009 | Reply
stupid insects XD
however,thank you so much!
By snazzqueen on Nov 6, 2009 | Reply
I’ve been able to catch fruit flies without killing them by putting vinegar in a cup, putting plastic wrap over the cup, held in place by a rubber band, and punching small holes in the cup with a wooden skewer. For some reason, they can get in, but generally can’t figure out how to get out.
By thewishmaster87 on Nov 6, 2009 | Reply
I need to catch the fruit flies without killing them,how I have to do?
I need the drosophila for biological experiment (CLB Test)
By jeamsanna on Nov 6, 2009 | Reply
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By molekylmartin on Nov 6, 2009 | Reply
Kelly,
Yes, you have to have them in your house, preferrably in your kitchen. But that’s an easy thing to achieve. Just buy some bananas or sweet plums and forget them for a while. In a week or so, you will have a whole bunch of fruit flies. But for your praying mantises, I can´t recommend you to catch these creatures with the method above. I believe the detergent isn’t very healty for your mantises. And don’t they prefer living prey?