# How to kill fruit flies

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 17, 2011, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-kill-fruit-flies/599864 "2011-10-17T00:55:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![NajaSong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9d8465/32.png) [@NajaSong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaSong)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-kill-fruit-flies/599864/41 "2011-10-18T23:15:57Z")

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> [@surrounded\_by\_literalists](#):
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> How many fruit flies can the average human adult consume before suffering ill effects?

Need answer fast?

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**Author:** ![spoike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@spoike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spoike)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-kill-fruit-flies/599864/42 "2011-10-19T04:47:02Z")

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> [@Moonlitherial](#):
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> Any idea what type of fly this could be?

We experience a similar sounding sort of infestation each fall. They make bike riding miserable, as you end up covered in the damn things, especially if you’ve worn a light colour or yellow. Ours are flying aphids, so if you live in northern North America (I’m in Alberta), perhaps yours are, too.

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**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-kill-fruit-flies/599864/43 "2011-10-19T16:18:03Z")

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> [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](#):
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> I swear to God, I’ll pistol whip the next Doper who says “shenanigans”!

Hey, **Musicat** , what’s the name of that restaurant you like with all the goofy shit on the walls and the mozzarella sticks?

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**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-kill-fruit-flies/599864/44 "2011-10-19T17:48:28Z")

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> [@spoike](#):
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> We experience a similar sounding sort of infestation each fall. They make bike riding miserable, as you end up covered in the damn things, especially if you’ve worn a light colour or yellow. Ours are flying aphids, so if you live in northern North America (I’m in Alberta), perhaps yours are, too.

Ohh, yes. Based on the images I got from searching on those it’s either flying aphids or fungus gnats, but the timing makes aphids more likely.

Thanks, maybe I can find a solution that doesn’t require deforestation of most of my yard.

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**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-kill-fruit-flies/599864/45 "2011-10-20T00:06:32Z")

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My mom found one of [these](http://www.nobugs.com.au/) at a yard sale for $10. She gave it to me because I have a pretty bad skeeter problem (along with moths and every other bug that flies into the holes that my damn dogs keep putting in my screens).  
It works incredibly well. I haven’t had a new bug bite in the 2 weeks since she gave it to me and the amount of bug corpses in the tray when I go to clean it is pretty disturbing (and disgusting). There were all kinds of bugs in there, including a layer of itty bitty little gnat-looking bodies. 😃

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