/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Put your fruit in the fridge, put apple cider traps out.

Unironically vacuum them. Out of midair. They can't sense it coming like they can a hand.

t. work in a fly research lab

>>14802073
throw away whatever rotting fruit or veggies that you have laying around
I had a fruit fly problem a couple years back and tried everything but they kept appearing. turns out I had a sack of potatoes I forgot about that had gone rotten in the cabinet and was spawning hordes of them. threw it out and haven't had a problem since.

>>14802080
not op but holy fuck anon thanks for this tip, can't wait to try it out sometime
any interesting fly research stories?

Make traps wait for enough to be gathered, seal and throw in the garbage. I just used steel reserve 40 ounce bottles with a couple sips left in the bottom, worked like a charm, had three set at a time and would cap them off, toss in the trash, repeat until the scourge is gone.

And oh yeah clean up, take out the trash, etc

Box wine. The cheaper the better. Leave a cup of box wine out and they'll all be drowned in there by morning

>>14802365
>hmm yes this father has wide white eyes
>hmm yes this mother has narrow red eyes
>hmm I wonder what'll come out when they FUCK
t. bio student

>>14802425
ah so it's a lot like farming in rust

>>14802425
god bless bio students

Fruit flies have a short lifespan. Clean your place and don't leave anything for them to breed on and they will die out without any further effort.

>>14802073
Clean your apartment you filthy animal.

>>14802073
Do you have any potted plants in your home? If so, get pic related and stick it in the pot with the plant.

Little flying insects like that will breed in the soil.

>>14802378
>I just used steel reserve 40 ounce bottles with a couple sips left in the bottom, worked like a charm
yeah i'm sure that was on purpose

>>14802425
pink eye?

>>14802073
>They can't be reproducing this fast!

If only you knew how bad things really are.

>>14802073
>Apple cider traps
You're mixing in dish soap, right?

>>14802365
One time we accidentally bred a half fly, half stingray creature. It had the stinger on its tail and it flew around stabbing people in the heart and buzzing angrily.

Killed 18 people before we were able to tranq it and get it back into its containment field.

>>14802956
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgPaXcql9ik

>>14802990
>OMG DOES ANYONE ELSE SCP? IF U HAVENT HEARD ABOUT IT THERES A HUGE WIKI OF CRYPTO SHIT XD
fuck off you faggot

>>14802990
>>14803047
I miss old SCP before all the tumblr-tier writefags took over and made a billion "OC DONUT STEAL" things to overshadow the original /x/ content.

>>14802365

Honestly no, 99% of the job is just feeding the flies and keeping their cages clean. It's a glorified cafeteria.

>>14802073
You could have mold in your drains that they suck moisture out of like when I spill a beer on my carpet. Vinegar down the drain works really well to get rid of it. Also maybe you have tomatoes growing in your walls or something.

>>14802073
Get one of those electric tennis rackets, those work wonders against the little fuckers, and its fun too. Ideally you have a bowl with some rotten nasty shit set up as bait and wait until they have gathered there. A coupe of swings every quarter of an hour and you get rid of them very quickly.

>>14803071
Didn't tumblr start making stupid "this scp cannot be beaten & is le stronger than every other scp ever & has all the powers & no weakness" bullshit? I swear I recall a japanese schoolgirl scp like that.

>>14804816
I did this and it worked great but now it seems they've evolved and no longer die from the electro-racket.

>>14802080
Fool, they will adapt! Then the only ones alive will be the uber flies who also sense the vacuum. We can't half ass this, we need a fly genocide where humanity takes a month off to kill all the flies. Mild selective pressure means they will just adapt

>>14802080
Or just give them LOTS of cocaine. The females ignore the males, and rather than becoming incels all the males start fucking each other.

>>14802073
Eliminate all water sources.
1. Make sure you dry your sinks/shower/bath tub after each use.
2. Plug all drains.
3. Put your toilet seat down and cover with a towel when not in use.
4. Dry your dishes immediately after washing.
5. Go to home depot and get some of those glue fly traps. You will be disgusted by how many of them you catch (there are way more than you think and this will show it).

FUN FACT: Fruit flies have telegony. What's that? Well a roastie fruit fly shares the DNA of all of her previous mating partners with her offspring.

>>14804829
I'm not sure whether those electric rackets kill them or just stun them, might need to dispose of them after

>>14804940
You also have a mess to clean up on the floor too, so no walking barefoot.

>>14802868
Nah, although that's the case with some types of flowers (ie red + white = pink)

>>14804829
Same here. Now I can't find the article about a scientist arguing about cockroaches developing insecticide immunity too rapidly for science to explain. Fishy.

>>14802073
>hey can't be reproducing this fast
oh yes they can, fruit flies are some of the fastest reproducing animals known to man
that's why they're often used for testing in the field of genetics

>>14802073
clean your house you fat grubby fuck.

>>14802073
Check the fruit you have out, Check the potted plants if you have any but they are probably spawning in the drain of your sink. Throw stone draino downit.

>>14805439
>they are probably spawning in the drain of your sink
yep OP see >>14804911

>>14802073
Throw out anything compromised, and all of your onions. Put any remaining produce that can't go in the fridge into fine mesh delicates bags, which fruit flies cannot get into. Set out a cidder trap, clean your floors and counters, and take out the trash and wipe down the trash car. If you have a garbage disposal, be sure to run that whenever even a small amount of food might be down there.

>>14802073
Put fruit in fridge. Use a generic pesticide

>>14804885
Gave me a genuine guffaw.
Have a (you), you earned it.

>>14804911
>>14805670
Could be...
The solution: pour a cup of vinegar ~OR~ bleach(not both,) down each drain in house. This settles in the trap and kills whatever is there. Then stopper the drain, and fill the sink all the way up with water. let sit for 10 minutes or so for the bleach or vinegar to work. When you unstop the drains for each sink, stir the water around the drain from the beginning of draining to create a vortex,(whirlpool,) to fully clear the trap. after the drains are cleared, run water for about 10 seconds to ensure the traps are filled back up,(the vortex CAN suck all the water out if your drains aren't vented properly.)
Problem solved...(as far as the drains go.If they're coming from elsewhere, you'll have to hunt down the rot and eliminate it--often it's forgotten bagged produce like potatoes, onions or apples.)

>>14802073
Put screens in your windows you fuck.

>>14802811
lmao

>>14802073
Lay a towel over your fruit bowl, or process your fruit into some salads (jello salads, pastries, frozen ziploc) and park in the fridge. Any fruit in a bowl, like bananas or whatever need a clean dry kitchen towel laid over the top. For a while til you're on top of this, any items you can put in a fridge, then put them there for now. Onions, garlic, do best in dry storage, so line fridge drawers with a paper towel and keep the moist stuff away from the dry items in a different door.
Make sure all your windows have screens in good repair. Keep front door and other doors without screen open and closed as quickly as possible.
Wipe down any surfaces not already clean and dry, as well as clean your sink well (use bleach and pay attention to the drains). Dry and put away drip dry dishes for a few days vs leaving in a drainer.
Use a trashcan with a lid in your kitchen and take take liners outside to the bin, daily, not just when it's overflowing. Make sure outside cans have lids and are also clean. Consider double bagging some days when rotting food is more gross. Pour disinfectant and hot water into your trash can scrub and rinse it out whenever there has been a leak from a liner.

They can be in your neighborhood from like fruit trees in bloom, and I think my county sprays them dead just like they do when they bring the mosquito trucks down the street. USDA hangs fruit fly traps to see what is in town on various neighbor's mango trees and whatnot, and since they can damage crops, you may have an avenue to ask for spraying if you suspect it's from outside in a big way.

>>14802073
it's actually so easy, i don't get how you people fuck it up every time
1) don't leave any edible food laying around your kitchen
2) clean out your garbage frequently and have it be sealed air-tight when not in use
3) clean out your dirty old fucking pantry

>>14802990
What does SCP stand for?

Stop being a fruit

>>14806264
_____ creepy pasta not sure what the first word is

>>14802073
I usually use the deodorant can torch, instantly annihilates entire swarms
Also store fruits in the fridge

>>14806989
Scary?

Not OP but the Apple Cider Vinager w/ dish soap method bad always worked for me. I got 14 so far. Also if you see one on a wall get a napkin and crush it fast that seems to work. I want to try the vacuum method next.

>>14808906
Oops. I ment has not bad.

>>14804911
>Or just give them LOTS of cocaine
how much cocaine is a lot of cocaine for a fly

>>14802073
I introduce Jewish flies into the colony.

They promote fly pedophilia, fly abortions, fly multiculturalism and fly miscegenation. Will completely destroy the colony in 4 generations. You can buy Jew fly eggs online from pest control companies.

They have very short lifespans. Eliminate their food source and they will disappear. If there are still many of them after 72 hours, you have not eliminated their food source.

Keep everything clean and your garbage sealed. As soon as you see another fruit fly, eliminate all food sources and sanitize again.

Fruit flies like a banana

>>14804911
get back to your fruit fly lab, poindexter

>>14809148
Sounds like Catholic nonsense to me

>>14804829
change your batteries, retard

>>14802073
Cultivate some spider bros to hang out in the corners of your house

>>14802073
When I leave fruits veggies out on the counter like a bad boy for too long they pop up, throw them out and they vanish. To top it off the apple cider vinegar traps probably work, only other time I've seen them appear is if I spill some ACV on the side of the glass bottle, they swarm over it like fiends, attraction to the chemical release of broken down fruits and veggies.
>>14802080
I'm intrigued, what type of research sir?
>>14802956
This is why I browse this site, you always imagined in the back of your head of things like this happening, they just don't happen to you or anyone you know, but you do know they happen.

>banana
>empty wateh bottle
>few hours
>????
>PROFIT!

>>14803071
>I miss old SCP
Me too anon, I want to go back. I wonder how many variations of "Orange Man Bad, he's actually an SCP!" those sodomites have written

>>14804827
Naw, that shit was present at the very start.

>>14802073
the only way to stop them is to starve them.

No food, no flies.

>>14802080
I do this with stinkbugs. It's great

>>14802990
Does Adam Ragusea really run away like that when confronted by a person of color?

>>14810354

The stinkbugs around me are a cute. They are few in number, and they are so docile, frankly seeming pretty incompetent at life, so I usually take them outside unharmed if they somehow amazingly find their way indoors, where they just sit motionless apparently waiting for hamburgers and cotton candy to fall from the sky. And they have never stinked me, not even once.

But now, reading the Wikipedia article about all the damage that they have caused...

>>14802073
The fruitflies life cycle is about a month with them becoming adults within eight days so yes... They can reproduce that fast

>>14802073
Out out something to attract them andblast them with hairspray if anons awesome vacuum suggestion doesn’t work

>>14809277
kek I worked as a statistician in the lab, not as a pipette monkey. Learned a lot of cool stuff about fruit flies.

>>14802073
Mexican filth made these fucks migrate north like 20 years ago, I remember when it happened, they were fucking everywhere I went

blow torches are great for that

>>14803147
Fate of all STEM trash right here

>>14803071
You mean you don't ship Lloyd garmadon with Herobrine and Morro?
also jane the killer x eva the killer x nina the killer x jeff the killer x y/n the killer x -

>>14810450
kek

>>14802073
don't use traps they are made to attract more flies to begin with

>>14811653
that's the point

>>14810426
>datamonkey thinks he has a leg to stand on
pipette chads are the real movers and shakers, lad. Move along while we get that sweet lab tech strange.

>>14809303
Shut your mouth, antisemitic piglet.

>>14802073
They're in the pipes under your sink too. Get a bunch of baking soda and white vinegar and let it sit and foam up for 30 or so minutes before flushing with water. Do not add bleach.

>>14814325
kek could be worse. we can both agree that we're glad that we didn't get a graduate degree in chemistry and become a glorified dishwasher making $2 over minimum wage.

>>14814467
fuck chemists. "cooking is like chemistry" No it isn't you greasy fuck back into the university catacombs known as the "organic labs" with you. Go crystallize some proteins with the dandruff from your beard.

Imagine not being able to smell because you've huffed so much ether you no longer have any olfactory nerves. This post brought to you by pipette gang.

begin biological warfare

Parasitic wasps lay their eggs in fly pupae, which then consume the fly before emerging. They're also tiny and harmless to humans. They don't attack adult flies though and breed slower so you'll need to do a few waves of wasps to kill all of the flies.

>>14802073
you attract more flies with honey than vinegar

>>14802080

>>14804829
use a gun

>>14806264
secure contain protect. lobotomy corp is a game based on the memes

>>14814523
I remember seeing one of those pneumatic salt guns at an As-Seen-On-TV store. Fuck, the clerks at those stores must hate me because I never fucking buy anything and just go there to find stuff to giggle over.

>>14814543
I got the lawn and garden version for my birthday this year. it shoots a larger amount of salt and is supposed to be able to deal with minor garden pests. I don't get flies in my house and I've tried it on a few wasps but they basically ignore it. I think house flies might be the limit

>>14805670
>>14805439
>>14802073
yeah ironically i also recently started getting these after being fly free for about 3 years.

i see them the most by my sink so i will try this. luckily i don't see many to be bothered, and i am moving out in a month so it'll be the next kids problem

>>14802073
Pyrethrum
Its made from chrysanthemum flowers and kills them like a hot damn.

>>14802073
dont fucking eat fruit like a faggot?>>>??

>>14814506
dunno man. I tried honey over a banana. Didnt attract nothing

>>14815182
Why do you think that would work?

>>14815070
this post brought to you by grug gang

>>14802073
THEY'RE DRIVING ME FUCKING INSANE
GO THE FUCK AWAY

>>14802378
HOW DO I KEEP THEM INSIDE THE TRAP

THEY JUST WALK OUT

>>14802073
Cat or dog, preferably a cat because they still pursue prey unlike dogs. Might get annoying seeing a cat jump up every few seconds

>>14810354
Best way to kill stinkbugs without a smell is to turn a can of computer duster upside-down. Turns it into a freeze gun.

>>14802803
Put a layer of fine sand over the potting material.

>>14819196
I gotchu bro
Just cut open a water bottle, pour in some cheap red wine or other fly attractant, and then securely tape the top half as pictured.
For best results use multiple

>>14819852
THANKS

>Make traps, use plates to give the flies as little space as possible to sit outside the fluid, more will drown that way
>Clean kitchen sinks with chems or they will fester there at night
>Keep fruit in fridge
>Don't let compost garbage stay in house for more than 24h, keep a bag in the fridge until it can be thrown out if necessary
>Vacuum the flies to decimate their numbers
Basically remove all sources of organic material where they can lay eggs being out in the open long enough so all the spawned flies die out.

>>14804885
rebbit response.