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submitted 11 months ago by sidekickplayah@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[-] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 34 points 11 months ago

I hate these fuckers so much. Ever since I started my new apprenticeship two months ago, it takes my SO and I a little longer than usual to do some basic cleaning around the flat, eg. it takes us a little longer to take out the trash, put dishes away and stuff like that. I swear, we have fruit flies here that have been here since before my apprenticeship started. We've tried a bunch of tips to varying degrees of success, but if we don't pay attention to them for another day or two, a billion more of them pop up out of seemingly nowhere.

I know that it's our fault by not taking out the trash more often and stuff, but it's just been so difficult these past few months to have any personal time at all, let alone take care of these little fuckers. Sometimes I just snap and start vacuuming them up out of pure rage, just to have a few days with them not littered across the flat.

Sorry for the rant

[-] sidekickplayah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 11 months ago

I read your username before the rant and now I can only imagine that a very pissed off magical apprentice in robes typed this out. Also that sucks, sorry you gotta deal with those fuckers

[-] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 14 points 11 months ago

Dude, if I could, I'd scorch them alive. frfr

[-] TotallynotJessica@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Might not be your fault if you live near LA. They've been releasing sterile fruit flies to kill the next generation of fruit flies in the area. It's to help fruit growers in the long term, but it led to increased flies in the short term.

[-] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 5 points 11 months ago

That's interesting. I doubt they're doing that in Germany, though

[-] Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Electric flyswatter is a satisfying solution.

[-] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 months ago

Tad too brutal for my taste, but I see where you're coming from

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

What did wonders for me was putting a glass with a bit of white wine and dish soap on the counter. Only thing that worked.

[-] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 months ago

We've been using a glass with any kind of fruit paired with a funnel-shaped piece of paper with a small enough hole placed on top of the glass' opening so that the flies can enter through the small opening but are usually too stupid to exit out of. What happens is that they all gather inside the glass, under the funnel, but can't escape, so you can just release them all alive outside.