Shoo fly!

It's not just your bananas they're after. Here's why fruit flies are hanging out in your home, and how to keep them at bay.

A simple, renter-friendly fruit fly trap you can whip up in minutes. While the up-only generation panics, Tom Sosnoff and the ...

Fruit flies are some of the worst household pests that exist, made worse by the fact that they are seemingly impossible to get rid of. The flies are attracted to fruit, other foods, and garbage, and ...

Perhaps this has happened to you: You notice some little flies hanging out in the kitchen, maybe near a bunch of ripe bananas or possibly your compost bin. No problem, you've dealt with fruit flies ...

It's happened to all of us—the bunch of bananas meant to be used in smoothies or enjoyed as a healthy snack is now sitting on the kitchen counter, turning a not-so-appetizing shade of brown. Besides ...

Have you ever unpeeled a banana and found tiny flies crawling around it, or had other produce swarmed by insects? You might be experiencing an influx of fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster), which ...