[Sca-cooks] Dealing with Stinging Insects
Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise
jenne at fiedlerfamily.net
Tue Nov 15 13:30:16 PST 2005
> We did something similar last week when we were having a problem with some
> fruit flies that was not going away. Got an empty glass pint jar, put about
> 1" of sherry in it, put foil over the mouth of the jar (and put the canning
> ring down over it) and then poked a dozen or so fruit-fly sized holes in
> the foil. Worked like a charm. It seems that fruit flies really like cheap
> sherry!
My roommate's 'no-kill' fruit fly trap involves balancing a gallon jar
upside down
over a saucer with a bit of fruit in it, in such a way that there is an
opening for the flies to get in. They will eat and fly up but can't
figure out how to get out; once a day you take the jar outside, still
upside down, turn it over and leave it there (replacing it with another
jar inside for the nonce). Clears 'em out in a few days and can
encourage a healthy crop of spiders where you dump out the flies. :)
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-- Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, Knowledge Pika jenne at fiedlerfamily.net
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years I was smart. I recommend pleasant." - _Harvey_, by Mary Chase
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