I wonder if Kombucha is carried at GNC stores. I'll have to check it out. How do you pronounce the name? Phonetically, "Comb-boo-chah"? I'll bet the store clerk would say "huh?" no matter how I say it hahahaha.

This is great to know. I've overfed my worms, and have fruit flies Everywhere!

Yeah, the vinegar traps seem to be the ONLY place the fruit flies aren't.

Brilliant! I spent all summer trying to keep the flys out of the Kombucha...and instead will use some of it to catch them...Brilliant!

I've heard red wine vinegar as well, but I don't have any on hand, so I tried apple cider vinegar in a trap and it's attracting fruit flies like mad. Maybe the red wine vinegar detail is a mistake that propagated with cloned instructions.

I have noticed a difference in the attractiveness of apple cider vinegar by brand/lot. The first time we tried fruit fly traps they worked great. They caught a lot in no time. The next year with a different bottle of apple cider vinegar but the same trap designs/placements, they weren't effective at all. I suppose it is like everything else these days - unless you make something yourself, you never know what is in it.

what really worked for me is yeast. i noticed that the fruit flies really liked to hang around bread. so i proofed some yeast (overly warm water, sugar, and yeast) amounts don't matter, but don't be too stingy on the sugar. i also found that when i put the mixture in a medium blue bowl vs white they were way more attracted. i also kept a spray bottle nearby, and would spray them into the mixture as they hung around the sides of the bowl. i must have got thousands over a month. change the water/yeast mixture when there are too many fruitflies. plus once the yeast has proofed, spray it down a bit or stir it so that the yeast isn't frothy on top.

excuse the lower case - i have a broken arm.

carol