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jimscott
Tropical Fish Enthusiast
I did that at the lab and in our attic. It's like a Field of Dreams thing... If you offer them, they will come. Trust me, the fruitflies will come and propogate and provide the sundews & butterworts with live food. Not harmful, AFAIK, just smelly and a bit of a grossout factor!
is it white with little red eyes? then its a fruit fly!
LOL I got in BIG trouble from my wife for doing this- we had a bunch of apples or something in a garbage bag that had gone off (we didn't have our composter set up yet) and flies were all coming out of it, so I brought it into my growing room= she came in and asked what the horrible stink was and I simply kicked the bag and flies swarmed out all over my collection- I was smiling and well pleased, but her, not so much
If you "get lucky" and get fruit with flies already on it, you can have flies literally overnight, it realy doesn't take long, best bet is like a banana peel and maybe some apple cores in a little jar or something (left open, natch) and you should have more flies than you'll ever need- just don't expect anyone else in your family to enjoy it is my only caveat
If you "get lucky" and get fruit with flies already on it, you can have flies literally overnight, it realy doesn't take long, best bet is like a banana peel and maybe some apple cores in a little jar or something (left open, natch) and you should have more flies than you'll ever need- just don't expect anyone else in your family to enjoy it is my only caveat
Something about that method that irks me, though it seems effective... can't the flies get a little... out of hand? Those things drive me insane, constantly ramming into your head and stuff. Little buggers... but yeah I'd imagine CPs would just love you for doing that.
joossa
Aklys
Can anyone elaborate a little bit more on the smell factor inside a room? Is it tolerable? I am willing to try it outside, but I don't want my room to smell like the garbage dump
Anyone know if the common house fly will lay eggs in fruit?
[If this works out, it will save me lots of money towards my mantid's food.]
Anyone know if the common house fly will lay eggs in fruit?
[If this works out, it will save me lots of money towards my mantid's food.]
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not unless you're a fruit!
yeah I'm planning to do something like that in the summer.
Joossa- if you use a banana peel, say, it doesn't smell much at all, like a ripe banana pretty much- the REAL stink will happen if anaerobic bacteria start to grow- just a banana peel in a cup or on a plate will make plenty of flies happy before it ever gets really bad- the story I posted above about the stink geting me in trouble, that was in summer and the rotting stuff had REALLY gone off, so it was hot and stinky, but in winter a single apple core or banana peel will not be much of a big deal- and if it IS too much for you, toss it out and the smell will go away with it
OR! you can get a small ration of a fruit fly culture.
thats what I would do just make it flightless fruit flys, or w/e you want to do you are gonna have them flying around n e ways aren't cha?
http://www.flyculture.com/drosophila.htm
thats what I would do just make it flightless fruit flys, or w/e you want to do you are gonna have them flying around n e ways aren't cha?
http://www.flyculture.com/drosophila.htm
All you need to do is buy a bag of culture mix and some tubes. Every couple of weeks or however long the culture lasts just mix up a new batch, pour it into a new tube, shake in a dozen or so flies and off you go with the next generation.
