Fruit flies are attracted to fermenting fruit and vegetables, food particles, and grime in sink drains, and trash cans. A homemade spray with lemongrass essential oil can repel them or kill them if ...

Late summer and early fall mean peak fruit season, with tons of perfect produce—blueberries, blackberries, peaches, grapes, apples and more—popping up in the grocery stores and farmers' markets. The ...

Fruit flies are super tiny, but that doesn’t mean they’re not incredibly annoying. Coming in at just 0.12 inches long and 0.08 inches wide according to WebMD, they can still manage to cause a big ...

If you’ve ever walked into your home to find tiny flies lazing around your fruit bowl or houseplants, you’re not alone. Gnats ...

When the warmer weather arrives, flies and other pesky bugs often come with it. Old-fashioned fly swatters can only accomplish so much, so when the swarms grow intolerable, many of us are quick to ...

Truvia, as a plant-based artificial sweetener, is toxic to fruit flies, a fact we now know thanks to the scientific work a sixth grader. Courtesy of PLOS One. According to the new study, written by ...