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Appearance:

Small fruit fly adults are about 1/8 inch long, including the wings. They are colored dull tan to brownish-yellow or brownish-black. The eyes are usually bright red. One of the most common vinegar flies, Drosophila melanogaster is tan with the abdomen blackish above and grayish below, and has bright red eyes. A slightly larger and darker (brown to black) species, Drosophila repleta, is found commonly in restaurants and bars that have sanitation issues.

Mature small fruit fly larvae are about 1/4 to 3/8 inch long, eyeless, legless, and tapering towards the pointed head from the large rounded rear segment. The head contains 2 dark mouth hooks. Larvae are nearly white except for the dark mouth hooks and yellow tips of the terminal abdominal spiracles (breathing pores).

Solutions:

What you can do: The key to small fruit fly control is sanitation. Elimination of larval food and developmental sites is mandatory. The presence of adult flies usually means that larvae are developing in some nearby fermenting material. In food handling establishments and other commercial settings, mop water puddles beneath equipment should be squeegeed into floor drains and missing grout between floor tiles should be replaced. If the flies are coming from outdoors, replacing standard window screens with finer gauge screens having a smaller mesh size can be helpful in keeping these small flies out.

Professional Solutions:

Quik-Kill pest management professionals can reduce or stop small fruit fly breeding via the use of good bacteria to help clean floor drains and service drains in order to reduce the breeding sites of fruit flies and drain flies, reduce foul drain odors, reduce the chances of backups, and improve slow moving drains.

Service drains in general can be an excellent site for fruit flies and drain flies to lay their eggs, and for the larvae (maggots) to feed. Fortunately Quik-Kill's bacteria eats this organic build up and converts it into water and carbon dioxide.

Quik-Kill's Drain Service will reduce your small fly breeding sites, improve odors, improve flow, and reduce the chance of backups. If you are concerned about your main line, ask about our Full Service Drain Service, where our automated dispenser or time release products dispense bacteria over the course of a month or more into your drains, ensuring a steady supply of good bacteria.

Strategically-placed scent lure jar traps and insect light traps can be installed by a Quik- Kill service technician to reduce numbers of adult small fruit flies indoors. A non-residual aerosol insecticide can also be used to kill large numbers of adult flies, but only the elimination of the breeding sites will provide long-term control.

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