Adult flies die in a trap, but their eggs are still chilling on your fruit surfaces. You need to go nuclear on those eggs. Take a spray bottle. Fill it with a 50/50 mix of water and white vinegar—yes, the cheap stuff.
Spray your fruit bowl. Spray your counters. Spray the sink drain. Spray the air if you feel like a chaotic wizard. The vinegar kills the eggs on contact. It also smells like a fish and chip shop having a crisis, but it fades.
Can Fruit Flies Live in Drains? How to Get Rid of Them for Good
Don’t forget the drains. Sometimes fruit flies breed in the slime coating your kitchen sink pipe. Pour boiling water down the plughole. It’s the closest you’ll get to being a supervillain today. Enjoy it.
