Fruit flies flee from home when you mix two things with vinegar

Fruit flies can become the bane of your life during the summer months, and it could feel like an impossible task to get rid of them. Wherever you look, there are swarms of them, and it can make you feel seriously frustrated.

However, Genevieve Levy has shared a genius method which garnered 1.4 million views as she revealed the secret to keeping her free of the pests – and all you’ll need is to use staple household ingredients.

Genevieve, 33, found that fruit flies were constantly in her kitchen, despite the fact it was cleaned regularly, and she didn’t have any overripe fruit in her house, which is usually what the flies are attracted to.

She said that “nothing is 100%” effective, but the method she tried “dramatically reduced” the number of flies she could see in her home. 

So, how do you banish these pesky fruit flies once and for all?

The hack is so simple, and all you need to do is mix together washing-up liquid with sugar or honey in a bowl, add some vinegar, and then top the mixture with water.

Genevieve then places cling film over the top of the bowl, using a knife to pierce it with holes big enough for flies to get into the mixture, but not for them to get back out.

“And then literally just put it on the side where you normally get some [flies],” she shared.

She placed hers next to some “concoctions”, which appear to be fruit juices, on her kitchen counter, and says it attracts almost all of the nearby fruit flies.

Genevieve also recommends pouring boiling water down the kitchen sink, too, as this is where they often hatch their eggs.

In the comments, someone told her she was a “lifesaver,” because they’d been “struggling for days”.

“I can’t use the sprays because I’m allergic to whatever’s in them, even after days of airing them out. I came home from the hospital after an emergency visit last week and must have left food in the bins, and they have been giving me hell since.” 

Another person wrote: “This trick also works without kitchen film! The fairy liquid traps them basically, and they’re unable to fly away.”

“Another hack if you have a fruit bowl and don’t want fruit flies in the summer, then put some corks under the fruit, they absorb any moisture and stop the flies,” said one viewer.

Someone else added that they were going to “do this now”.