RE: Fruit Flies!!

Cathy,

I sometimes get fruit flies in my tanks where I keep crickets or superworms
that I use to feed my lizards and frogs.  I remove the fruit or vegetable
(that I am feeding the feeders) and the flies go away after a few days.
When we had poison dart frogs and had to raise fruit flies, we always worked
with a type that didn't really fly.  The can crawl up the side of the tank
and escape if there is a way for them to get out. 

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Andrea Hodges
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 5:53 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Fruit Flies!!

Fungus gnats are much smaller than fruit flies, and I've always wondered how

a fruit fly knows you have fruit..............smell?

The fungus gnats really won't hurt anything, but it's aggravating I know to 
have them buzzing around. I'd take the terrarium outside, cover the 
aquarium, and then blast them with raid or something. If they come back when

the terrarium comes in then that's most likely the source. Maybe your 
extension office will have some better solutions.
A
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cathy Carpenter" <cathy.c@insightbb.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 8:44 PM
Subject: [CHAT] Fruit Flies!!


> Help! For the first time in my life, my home is infested with fruit
> flies. Any suggestions as to dealing with them, short of fumigating
> the house? (Not an option, because of the fish and amphibians.) Would
> some kind of sticky lure work?
>
>
> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
>
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