Whenever fruit flies invade my kitchen, I think of my grandmother (stay with me here). My grandmother grew up during the Great Depression, and she was frugal to a fault. There are plenty of things she ...

I used four classic DIY methods to trap (and kill!) fruit flies. Three involve Mason jars with different tops, and one is the super low-lift method of leaving the dregs of wine in a wine bottle out ...

You never see fruit flies in grocery stores. You don’t see them in the grocery bags on the way home. But as soon as your room ...

“Within 48 hours, we had no flies left in our house.” For something as tiny as a fly, gnat, or mosquito, an insect’s power to ruin a meal, a mood, or your whole summer is immense. But there’s hope yet ...

If you’re going to have fruit, plants or garbage in the house, you’re likely going to also have fruit flies. As soon as these annoying pests find a food source, they lay hundreds of eggs that ...

The flypocalypse is upon us: Where there’s one, there’s soon to be a hundred. And even though they aren’t feasting on you like mosquitos tend to, they can crowd you out at barbecues and picnics and ...

Why are there flies in my house? Insects are like every other living thing: they seek an environment with the resources they need to survive. If your home provides these resources, flies will be ...

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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. Summer has a lot of ...