annotations asked: The fruit fly infestation of 2009? Do tell. As you know, I love insect survival stories.
Hey, Annotations. Remember when you asked this like half a year ago? Sadly, the Fruit Fly Infestation of 2009 is hardly a tale of survival. It’s a story about how I mercilessly slayed tens, maybe even hundreds of fruit flies. I even performed a totally unrigorous experiment about what method of homemade concoctions would do the best job. Among my experiments, the most successful seemed to be a glass with some clear soda and a drop of dish soap, covered by piece of secured plastic wrap with holes in the top. The homemade paper cone in a glass of pop with detergent also worked well. The 2-liter bottle fashioned into a fruit fly death trap was less death trapping than I had hoped it would be. Watered down cider vinegar worked okay, but for some reason less well than the sugary pop solution.
Some footage of the carnage:
You’d think they were dancing with joy if you didn’t know they were suspended in DEATH.
If that’s not an infestation, I don’t know what is.
The take away lesson? Remember to empty the compost bin before you go out of town for two weeks. (Really, no bitterness towards my former roommate, who wanted nothing more than to help the earth!).