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[shaggaroo]

buzzing around my fermenters... which wouldn't be bad but mine are "open" though they do have a towel over them... still have kraüsen on top so keeping my fingers crossed.

[SchwanzBrewer]

buzzing around my fermenters... which wouldn't be bad but mine are "open" though they do have a towel over them... still have kraüsen on top so keeping my fingers crossed.

I once had flies all over a fermentor that shot krausen all over the place. Not a one in the fermentor though and it was good beer.

[gnef]

You can try to get those traps. I don't know how well they work, but may be worth a shot.

[shaggaroo]

encouraging news... thanks

[shaggaroo]

You can try to get those traps. I don't know how well they work, but may be worth a shot.

yeah I have some of those fly strips, they ignore them... lol... so my daughter said, vinegar and dish detergent, so I added some to a bit of water in a mason jar and set it near the fermenters.

[gnef]

I have seen some that look like little plastic apples, with a red solution. I believe it is vinegar and something else to attract them.edit - I have personally used some tupperware with some red wine covered with plastic wrap that had some holes poked through it with the tines of a fork. it worked fairly well for me.

Edited by gnef, 26 August 2012 - 09:43 AM.

[shaggaroo]

edit - I have personally used some tupperware with some red wine covered with plastic wrap that had some holes poked through it with the tines of a fork. it worked fairly well for me.

good to know!

[BlKtRe]

I figure if starsan can kill lacto then filling the airlock w/starsan will kill off anything a fruit fly is trying to do.

[armagh]

buzzing around my fermenters... which wouldn't be bad but mine are "open" though they do have a towel over them... still have kraüsen on top so keeping my fingers crossed.

The go-to method in orchard country is red wine vinegar in a dish, covered with clear wrap with holes poked in the wrap (as mentioned above). Kills 'em by the thousands.

[JMcG]

I've tried the little plastic apples and dishes of vinegar with detergent. Caught two so far. I'll try the plastic wrap thing.

[BlKtRe]

Small pour of wine or beer, the wife's can of hairspray, my lighter and I can kill a dozen at a time.