Strange Bug Question

[PacificBlue]

Do fruit flies bleed when squished?

Where do they come from? Outside?

If they don't bite, how did they get blood in them?

Any good tips on riding your kitchen of them once the offending piece of fruit is gone?

 

[WickedEve]

Usually they just disappear after the rotten fruit is thrown away.
That's all I know about the little critters!

 

[koalabear]

Deer flies have blood in them around here. They have black spots on their clear wings.....otherwise they look like a fruit fly. Winter kills them off here, you may have to spray to kill them in warmer climates....

 

[wkdclwn]

Damn Flies

They pass through here occasionally in the south. Usually after the fruit is gone they disappear after a couple days. That is the only way I have seen effective. Good Luck. Later.

 

[lickerish]

I hate those things! They invade my kitchen all winter long, every year.. and I hardly ever have fruit. They may not be fruitfly's.. I think they're gnats.. or are they the same thing?

The only thing that keeps them away is a spotless kitchen and those yucky fly strips. I've had 3 in the kitchen since Fall and they are covered!

 

[patient1]

Do fruit flies bleed when squished?

Where do they come from? Outside?

If they don't bite, how did they get blood in them?

Any good tips on riding your kitchen of them once the offending piece of fruit is gone?

Everything, other than a simple life form, has blood and bleeds when squished.

Mosquitos & biting flies are full of blood because they eat it, so that's what you see when you squish em.

If a fruit fly eats red fruit, you'll probably see that when you squish them.

They probably come from outside, in your area, but they easily stowed away on purchased fruit . I've seen them in the supermarket. around the cherry tomatoes or anything you think of as fresh fruit.

Fly ribbons are slow And safe. Pyretherin sprays are quick. They're the safest spray approach. Does that explain it?

 

[PacificBlue]

Re: Re: Strange Bug Question

Everything, other than a simple life form, has blood and bleeds when squished.

Mosquitos & biting flies are full of blood because they eat it, so that's what you see when you squish em.

If a fruit fly eats red fruit, you'll probably see that when you squish them.

They probably come from outside, in your area, but they easily stowed away on purchased fruit . I've seen them in the supermarket. around the cherry tomatoes or anything you think of as fresh fruit.

Fly ribbons are slow And safe. Pyretherin sprays are quick. They're the safest spray approach. Does that explain it?

Yes, that explains it very well. Thank you.

One more question...

besides being pests are fruit flys harmful to humans?

 

[koalabear]

Not usually...we are immune to most germs they carry.

 

[PacificBlue]

Not usually...we are immune to most germs they carry.

My thinking is they can't hurt us because you see them in the grocery store in the produce section. If they did hurt us...we would all be dead or sick, etc.

Please stop my worry.

 

[patient1]

Yes, by your own logic, you have proved you have nothing to worry about...If the fruitfly treatments were safer than the flies, the feds would make them use them. No disease vectors allowed in the food supply.

 

[PacificBlue]

Thank you. I'm a little anxious tonight about fruit flies for some reason.