m. c. de marco: The New Kitchen Cookbook

Fruit Fly Trap

The Kitchn attempted to rate a bunch of DIY fruit fly traps, but got the basic model wrong. Here’s how to do it right.

deployed fruit fly trap

Ingredients

  • ¼ c. apple cider vinegar
  • 1 drop dishwashing liquid

Equipment

  • small container, e.g., a small Mason jar
  • saran wrap
  • toothpick

Directions

  1. Pour ingredient into container.
  2. Cover with saran wrap.
  3. Poke small holes in saran wrap using toothpick.
  4. Deploy.

Variants

The Kitchn instead recommended poking small holes in a Mason jar cap using a nail, which is more permanent, but also more work.