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Red wine
Just like humans, fruit flies and mosquitoes like red wine, or at least its smell. Mix 1/2 cup of red wine with 1 cup and 1/2 of water and pour it into the trap described above. Place the jar where you create most of these
animals, then you can watch them fly in the trap and drown in the liquid. Replace the solution if there are too many dead insects in it.
Apple cider vinegar This is perhaps one of the most commonly used home remedies, because apple cider vinegar is cheap and easy to find. Heat about 1/2 cup or more of apple cider vinegar to make it stronger. Add a few drops of liquid soap and mix well. Pour the solution into the trap and move away.
The sweet smell of vinegar attracts flies and mosquitoes, while liquid soap actually acts as an insect killer. Once the jar is filled with dead insects, rinse it and repeat the procedure.
Another easy way to build a trap is to use the objects that initially attracted the parasites. Replacing the liquid in the trap pot with a piece of fruit or over-ripe vegetable also works very well.
Remember to immerse the jar containing the insects caught to kill them before you set up another trap.
Milk, pepper and sugar
If you have dairy products or if you do not necessarily have the equipment to make a glass trap, you can heat 2 cups of milk with 8 tablespoons of sugar and 4 tablespoons of ground pepper. Allow to simmer for 10 minutes, then pour the solution into a shallow dish at the problem.
Mosquitoes and flies are attracted to the sweet odour and drown, so to speak, as soon as they end up in the solution. Rinse and repeat as necessary.
In
plus making traps, you can also spray the affected area with a strong lemon fragrance. This will prevent insects from spreading. Mix 2 cups of hot water and 10 to 15 drops of lemongrass oil in a clean plant sprayer and spray it onto the surfaces of the kitchen or where the problem occurs.
Likewise, mix 4 cups of water and 2 tablespoons
Spray lemon-scented liquid soap on your plants where you are embarrassed by mosquitoes.
Keep in mind that it takes about a week for all fruit flies and mosquitoes to disappear, as these insects have a short life cycle. So be patient.
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