RE: Fruit flies as food/nuisance

["Kent Carpenter" <kcarpen1 at rochester_rr.com>]

I have had this same problem in the past. It is not likely that
the winged variety evolved from my wingless, they hitch-hiked in
with the groceries I suspect. As my cultures are on a stand in the
basement, I finally resorted to allowing a couple of "Daddy Longlegs"
type spiders maintain their webs in the vicinity of the culture
containers, haven't seen a flying bugger in some months now..

Kent Carpenter


Subject: Re: Fruit flies as food/nuisance


I have an infestation of WINGED fruit flies that flourish in my microworm
cultures. They are able to get in and out through pin point size holes and
less
than visible gaps in shoe box lids even though I made them tighter with an
extra poly film. Now if I could only get them to fly in to the space above
the
water surface to get them within target range of the top dwelling killies. I
have
fed the larvae of the fruit flies to fish who devour them ravenously. I do
object to them flying around the fish room and my wife has been very
tolerant,
but she also does not appreciate them. Is there an opportunity for those
with
the wingless variety to combine microworm and fruit fly cultures?

Lee Harper
Media, PA
USA
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