Household Hints & Help

and pour in a little vinegar, say a half inch. red wine vinegar seems to be preferred.

Now take some plain paper, a pair of scissors and some tape, and make a pointy cone that fits in the bottle hole, point down, and extends up about an inch.

Cut a very small hole in the tip of the cone - a hole just about the size of a fruit fly.

Put the cone in the bottle opening, point down, and leave it on the kitchen counter,

I got rid of a huge fruit fly infestation this way last month. The little bastards fly in, but they can't get out. Eventually they drown.