Fruit Flies... I kill you!

I HATE FRUIT FLIES. That's right I said it. I hate Drosophila melanogaster!!! (I'm sure all my genetics friends are all muttering reasons why Drosophila are scientifically beautiful specimens and I shouldn't hate them so much.)

Partly because I like fresh air, and do care a little about the environment; but mostly because I'm cheap, I've been living without AC for most of the summer. Therefore my windows are open most of the time when I'm home. I leave the balcony door cracked open at night too. (I do use a stick to keep it from opening too much. But now that I look at it, I can probably get through... Shh, nobody has to know.)

Anyway, I do have a screen and everything but these damn little creatures still get in. I wouldn't say my apartment is infested but when I'm drinking beer, the little fuckers drive me nuts. It's really annoying because I don't have fruits sitting out, and I take the trash out every morning. And I rinse all my bottles before I put them in the recycling bin. And my sinks are clean... WTF!

So I had to go to the tubes for a solution. I ran into this article on wikiHow. I decided to go with method # 5: the wine trap. They said to use sweet wine but I don't have sweet wine. So I used wine that went bad. Probably tastes like vinegar by now. But it's working!!! 3 down. I have no idea how many more to go. I think they keep coming in from outside so probably infinite. I should probably just set the trap on the balcony...

So here's my plan. Such a sad Friday night. But whatever. I'm going to set TWO more traps (different methods) and see what works best. :) hehe. This is going to be fun. Scientific experiment all on my own. Maybe it's the 5 beers I had that makes this so much fun.

To be continued...