If you have ever com­posted you know how annoy­ing fruit flies can be.  Fruit flies, also known as Drosophila melanogaster, con­gre­gate around decay­ing food.  They love com­post bins sit­ting on the counter wait­ing to be taken out­side.  As a long time com­poster I am used to these annoy­ing lit­tle bugs.  They don’t do much dam­age but they cer­tainly are annoy­ing when they are every­where in your kitchen.

What you will need

Luck­ily there is an easy trap you can make from com­mon tools in your kitchen.  You will need:

A tall, skinny glass A bit of red wine, juice or vine­gar A round piece of paper Tape Scissors

In the glass put a bit of the wine/juice/vinegar about halfway up. Cut the paper from the edge to the cen­ter of the cir­cle.  Roll the paper into a fun­nel and snip the end of the tip to cre­ate a fun­nel.  Don’t make the

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