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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 08:08 PM Original message |
Fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) have infested my house! WTF? |
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Lefta Dissenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. That's hilarious |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 08:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Well, it is Shiraz! |
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masshole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. wake him |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 08:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Uh, naw. The lion sleeps tonight. |
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Philostopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. Are you sure they're fruit flies? |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 08:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. No I'm not sure, and that is a good point. |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. give them a better food source. wait 30 minutes. then ATTACK with raid! |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 08:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Laughing here cuz I sorta did that with some pesky bees. No Raid though. |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 08:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. lol! drunk flies! finally a good use for booze! |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. They multiply rapidly |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 08:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Life cycle of Drosophila |
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ant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. fruit fly trap! |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. I Have That Every Summer |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
12. You said you checked everything but... |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 08:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. No potatoes, but good idea about that drip pan. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
14. once I thought I had this problem |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 08:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. I have a chef's collection of spices. Several different raw sugars too. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 08:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. oh and when you look at the peppers and spices |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
16. Gnats like red wine, too. |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 08:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. That's why I drinking Shiraz tonight! |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 08:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Have you ever tried this shiraz? A very good Australian wine. |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 08:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Yep. Got some Lindemans in the "cellar". |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 08:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Their merlot also is great. |
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Wilber_Stool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
19. I know the feeling. |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
25. Have a bad potato? |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 10:00 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Nope. Checked. BTW: Dan Quayle sezs you mizpeled "potatoe." |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
26. No ideas, but take comfort in knowing you're not alone. |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 08:54 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. If I thought these critters had been near a litter box ... |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 08:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Yeah, it makes it very difficult to think of eating. |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
29. I found a site with a little information |
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short bus president (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
30. We have 'em here in the Piedmont, too |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
32. I've been having this problem off and on for weeks...less, but still there |
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miss_kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
33. i was at a friends house for dinner on saturday |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 11:58 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. once we had wasps in the house that ate through the drywall |
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