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« on: July 21, 2010, 09:48:31 AM »
Does anyone else here have problems with fruit flies. I clean out my cages every 5 days, I use nothing but paper towels for substrate and I wash out food bowls nightly. And yet, every night the uneaten food is festering with fruit fly larva by morning. I hate them. Anyone have any remedies?

Incidentally, if anyone has dartfrogs or anything else that eats fruitflies, I've got you covered. Just kidding.
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« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2010, 10:28:08 AM »
I have a horrible problem with them living in the soil of all my house plants, but they seem to leave my cresties alone.
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« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2010, 03:37:10 PM »
Quote from: architeuthis on July 21, 2010, 09:48:31 AM
Does anyone else here have problems with fruit flies. I clean out my cages every 5 days, I use nothing but paper towels for substrate and I wash out food bowls nightly. And yet, every night the uneaten food is festering with fruit fly larva by morning. I hate them. Anyone have any remedies?

Incidentally, if anyone has dartfrogs or anything else that eats fruitflies, I've got you covered. Just kidding.

Unfortunately, the only remedy is to move from frugiferious geckos to carnivores.

You can try the solid yellow insect strips in the room...they help a bit.
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« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2010, 03:43:33 PM »
Quote from: samanthajane13 on July 21, 2010, 03:37:10 PM

Unfortunately, the only remedy is to move from frugiferious geckos to carnivores.

You can try the solid yellow insect strips in the room...they help a bit.

I was afraid you'd say that. But at least you got to use "frugiferious" in a sentence. That's a plus in my book.


Stupid flies. I should get a dartfrog or something just so I have something to feed them to.
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« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2010, 10:07:25 PM »
Quote from: architeuthis on July 21, 2010, 03:43:33 PM
Quote from: samanthajane13 on July 21, 2010, 03:37:10 PM

Unfortunately, the only remedy is to move from frugiferious geckos to carnivores.

You can try the solid yellow insect strips in the room...they help a bit.

I was afraid you'd say that. But at least you got to use "frugiferious" in a sentence. That's a plus in my book.


Stupid flies. I should get a dartfrog or something just so I have something to feed them to.


LOL-frugiferious!!!  Word for the day for herpers!!!

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« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2010, 12:55:51 AM »
Just happened to find this in AOL news!!!

Okay-you take a small dish and fill it with wine.

Cover it with Saran Wrap/cellophane and poke some holes in it.  Set the small dish on top of the tank.

Change the wine when it's full of flies.

You can put several dishes around the room/house.
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« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2010, 04:33:06 AM »
Quote from: samanthajane13 on July 22, 2010, 12:55:51 AM
Just happened to find this in AOL news!!!

Okay-you take a small dish and fill it with wine.

Cover it with Saran Wrap/cellophane and poke some holes in it.  Set the small dish on top of the tank.

Change the wine when it's full of flies.

You can put several dishes around the room/house.


Thats interesting, and come to think of it i was once told to do that with a half water half vinegar mix, but if i recall it didnt work much.  Maybe wine will work better...
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« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2010, 09:31:00 AM »
"you'll catch more flies with wine than you will with vinegar"...  or something like that lol
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« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2010, 09:57:49 AM »
Maybe the vinegar/water combo was too diluted to attract the flies?
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« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2010, 11:59:52 AM »
maybe, but i found i could catch just as many with just a bowl of water as i did adding vinegar to it lol


maybe thats why there as so many in my house, they must be attracted to my girlfriend since she smells like wine so often.....
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« Reply #10 on: July 22, 2010, 01:09:54 PM »
Quote from: skitzo on July 22, 2010, 11:59:52 AM
maybe, but i found i could catch just as many with just a bowl of water as i did adding vinegar to it lol


maybe thats why there as so many in my house, they must be attracted to my girlfriend since she smells like wine so often.....

YIKES!!!

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« Reply #11 on: July 22, 2010, 08:14:24 PM »
nice lol

 first good laugh ive had all day. thank you good sir Grin
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« Reply #12 on: July 22, 2010, 11:35:39 PM »
I've read that a drop of dish washing detergent will break the surface tension so they die upon touching whatever liquid is used. Also some have suggested red wine vinegar.
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« Reply #13 on: July 23, 2010, 06:59:09 AM »
I've tried cheap whiskey (for those of you old enough to buy), or plain old fly strips.  My cat knows how to open the sliding oor, so we always have a ton of flies (fruit flies & others)
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« Reply #14 on: July 23, 2010, 11:32:02 AM »
What about pitcher plants? They wouldn't likely be able to hurt the geckos...
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