{"id":186974,"date":"2023-09-13T20:12:54","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T20:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=186974"},"modified":"2023-09-13T20:12:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T20:12:54","slug":"savvy-woman-shares-5p-hack-to-banish-pesky-fruit-flies-instantly-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/fashion\/savvy-woman-shares-5p-hack-to-banish-pesky-fruit-flies-instantly-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Savvy woman shares 5p hack to banish pesky fruit flies instantly | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

A CLEANING enthusiast has revealed how she gets rid of pesky fruit flies using a 5p trick.<\/p>\n

Although the gloomy autumn months are lurking around the corner, the hungry little insects will still make their way into your home before the temperatures drop.<\/p>\n


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Luckily, one woman, Sam Ellison, has come to rescue by sharing an easy hack she uses to banish fruit flies with almost no effort – and it costs just pennies to do.<\/p>\n

Offering a helping hand to those struggling with this issue, Sam took to TikTok where she revealed the ingredients necessary for the game-changer of a trick.<\/p>\n

According to the whizz, you probably don't even need to dash to the shops, as all you will need is a bit of washing-up liquid, as well as tap water, a glass, some paper and the star of the show – a bit of fruit.<\/p>\n

After putting in the sliced fruit into a glass – Sam used apple but said banana worked just fine too – the savvy woman covered it with a cone-shaped sheet of paper, so the flies wouldn't be able to escape.<\/p>\n

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''Sometimes you feel like it's not catching any in ages and then suddenly the fruit will go, like, mushier,'' Sam went on, adding the scent will attract the hungry insects.<\/p>\n

She also advised to place the funnel-like paper very close to the edges – this means ''they don't ever find the way back out''.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

When ready to dispose of the flies, Sam filled a container with a bit of dishwashing liquid and topped it off with hot water, before pouring the mixture into the fly-infested glass.<\/p>\n

''The bubbles, I find, make it so they can't escape,'' the cleaning whizz explained the thinking behind this method.<\/p>\n

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''I leave them for a little bit so they're dead and then I'll pour it down the sink.''<\/p>\n

The leftover fruit, meanwhile, will then be chucked into a nappy bag and placed in the outside bin, so that others flies wouldn't be attracted to buzz their way indoors.<\/p>\n

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"Who else is being driven mad by fruit flies,'' Sam wondered i the caption of the clip.<\/p>\n

Fellow cleaning fans raced to comments where many thanked her and others shared their top solutions.<\/p>\n

One, for instance, said: ''I use apple cider vinegar in a glass with cling film over the top with a few tiny holes, always works for me.''<\/p>\n

Someone else chimed in: ''Use white vinegar and washing up liquid in the bottle before hand they die then you won\u2019t need to do this.''<\/p>\n

''Thanks for this!! They're driving me nuts,'' another penned.<\/p>\n

''Omg!!! They\u2019re so annoying!!!'' a fourth said.<\/p>\n

But how to prevent fruit flies in the first place?<\/p>\n

Well, according to one pest expert, you could accidentally be the one welcoming them into your home without even realising it – but there are ways to deter them.<\/p>\n

''If you have fruit flies at home, chances are you've brought them in with you,'' insisted the pro, only known by the name @jpmchalepestmgmt.<\/p>\n

Sharing his expertise, the whizz claimed his video\u00a0that for the most part the issue starts with\u00a0food\u00a0– and certain fruit and veggies are to be blamed the most.<\/p>\n

''In my experience the worst foods for fruit flies are bananas and onions.<\/p>\n

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''But you can bring them in on potatoes or anything else.''<\/p>\n

The guru went on: ''The best way to prevent getting fruit flies is to keep your food in airtight containers.''<\/p>\n

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