How to Make a Fruit-Fly Trap

Fruit flies can drive anyone crazy -- but now you can get your revenge with this simple yet satisfying trap. Go get 'em!

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• One sheet of paper
• A jar
• Tape
• Chunk of banana (or any fruit)

1. Roll the paper into a cone. It should look like a megaphone for a person with a tiny mouth -- you should leave about a half-inch hole to yell into. Secure with tape.

2. Drop a piece of banana or other fruit into a good-sized jar (a peanut-butter jar will work well).

3. Put the mouth end into the jar. The end of the cone should be about two inches from the bottom of the jar. Seal the mouth around the cone with tape.

4. The flies will come down into the jar via the cone, munch on some lunch, and then, being flies, get confused trying to get out. When you have corralled the population of your kitchen, take the jar far away and open it. Or chuck in the freezer and kill 'em all.

Resources

• The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control: A Complete Problem-Solving Guide to Keeping Your Garden and Yard Healthy Without Chemicals

[lynsuz12]

on 11/22/2009 Sounds like it will work better than the sugar in the water trick. Cause that does not work!!!