Try a bowl of vinegar and water, the sugar won’t hurt it, they are after rotting fruit or decaying plant matter..
I have learned to put that kind of stuff in a locked plastic bag.
Sometimes you need to deodorize your kitchen sink drains.
Pour a half cup of dry baking soda in the drain, then add a cup of vinegar and it will react and clean as it goes down, wait a few minutes and then run hot water down the drains.
When I have bananas is when I get the fruit fly.
Years ago, I learned that almost all bugs are drawn to lights, in the years that I had a garden and also ducks and geese, I rigged a light up over a wash tub of water, the bugs get stunned in the heat from the light and fall in the water, where the ducks are waiting to eat them.
Be sure the electric light is above the reach of the ducks and geese.
The same principal works in the house, I use the ‘mechanic’s’
lamps from Walmart, has a bowl style reflector, not that expensive, were $6.00 and are higher now, it clips to the cupboard door handle and I set an old pan, or even a paper cup of water on the counter and it catches lots of little bugs.
No, I cannot use any sprays.
If you have house plants, you might want to give them a shower and slowly run lots of water through the pot to wash them out and it is good for the plant, gets rid of the collected salts, etc.
If that does not work, there are many ways already listed in the thread, I have posted them, but did not keep track of them.
Let me know if you need more help and we can ask some of the smart ones that read here.......
Try the vinegar and water, put in enough vinegar that it smells, since they are attracted to spoiled fruits....
Thank you, I will also pass this information along to my younger sister who has the same problem./Just Asking - seoul62......
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