Simple Green Smoothies
Homemade Fruit Fly Trap
Fruit flies taking over your kitchen? This homemade fruit fly trap uses apple cider vinegar, a little raw honey and a few drops of dish soap in a jar to catch them with no harsh chemicals. It takes 10 minutes and can sit out for weeks.
Ingredients
- ½ cup raw apple cider vinegar
- ½ teaspoon raw honey
- 3 drop dish soap
Instructions
- Secure the metal lid on a jar. Using a metal skewer, or a small nail and hammer, carefully poke holes in the lid large enough for fruit flies to fit through.
- Add the vinegar, honey and dish soap to the jar and stir until the honey dissolves. Replace the lid and set the jar on the counter near fruit.
- Replace the mixture weekly while flies are present, or leave the trap out for several weeks as needed.
Recipe Notes
- Ingredient Swaps: Any vinegar can stand in for the apple cider vinegar, and cane sugar works in place of the honey.
- Soap Tip: Don't skip the dish soap; it breaks the surface tension so flies sink instead of landing and flying off.
- Placement Tip: If you have a lot of flies, set out 2 or 3 traps around the kitchen, near the fruit bowl and the sink.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g
