Body Count

[beth_leonard]

Body count for today:

Beth: 7.5
Amber: 0.5 (one fruit fly had 2 hit points, Amber and Mommy teamed up on it.)
Peter: 2
Jon: 0
Fly Paper: 6

Jon insists that a body count is not the proper way to analyze which side is winning the war. But I'm sick of these fruit flies. They first showed up about a week ago, and I foolishly just put the fruit they came from in the trash for the night. They've been getting worse every day, but today was by far the worst, leading to upping the arms race with fly paper.

Don't make me bring out the chemical weapons, you dirty flies!

--Beth

Comments

[geofizzgirl.livejournal.com]

Just clean everything where fruit has been, and keep all food in the fridge for a few days. So wash the trash can if fruit has been there. We've never had to resort to chemicals even after we've come home after a vacation having left a peach in the fruit bowl. Blech.

[beth_leonard]

The problem has been getting steadily worse over the last 7 days. We'd been keeping it somewhat under control until Saturday when I was sick as a dog and spent the day in bed and left dirty dishes in the sink overnight. That led to sightings instead of 2-3/day of 20+ and all over the house.

I am totally grossed out. All the obvious surfaces are now cleaned, and I don't know where they're coming from. I spent 3 hours this morning chasing flies. I hope we can get them all before my parents come to visit on Thursday.

Today's count so far by noon: Beth: 11, Fly Paper: 10.

Luckily they seem more confined to the kitchen today. I keep chasing them until I can't find any more, but every time I leave and return to the kitchen 20 minutes later, there's 3 more waiting for me. I'm really hoping being diligent about it today will help. If I see any tomorrow, I'm going chemical.

--Beth

--Beth

[zathrus.livejournal.com]

Sometimes, something hides in a cabinet or some corner of the floor; they'll breed in rotten food anywhere. If they aren't dying off soon, I'd recommend a hunt through the room they're coming from for any and all discarded food. The places where floors and cabinets come together can sometimes include some odd corners (which are easier to spray with disinfectant spray than to actually clean, sometimes).

Newt