Fruit fly fix

It is breakfast time. You have been looking forward to eating a nice ripe banana ever since you woke up. 【小题1】 you see something that makes you much less hungry: a large group of fruit flies!

Fruit flies are tiny insects that are attracted to ripe or bad fruits and vegetables. The flies not only cat the fruit, they also lay their eggs there. 【小题2】. Within eight days, the fruit flies that hatch from these eggs are full adults that can then lay their own eggs.

Because fruit flies are so annoying, most people want to get rid of them as quickly as possible. Some people use pesticide sprays (杀虫剂). 【小题3】 it will also spread harmful poison all over your kitchen. Luckily, there is also a completely safe way to get rid of fruit flies in your house.

The first step is for you to remove all fruits or vegetables from your counter. 【小题4】. Clean up any bits of food that might be on the floor. Take out the garbage and empty the garbage can. Doing all of these things will stop new fruit flies from finding food or places to lay their eggs.

Next, make a trap to catch all of the remaining fruit flies in your house. First, fill a small bowl with some vinegar (醋). 【小题5】. Cover the bowl very tightly with a sheet of plastic wrap and make a few very small holes in the wrap with a fork. If all goes according to plan, the flies will enter the trap through the holes but will be unable to fly back out. This trap will catch all of the remaining fruit flies.