La Drosophila Melanogaster, better known as the fruit fly, is a very small species of fly, which generally when entering the adult stage reaches 3 to 4 mm long
Most of these fruit flies has red eyesHowever, there are other fruit flies that have dark eyes, they also have a brown thorax and abdomen of this species of fly. is usually gray on the bottom and black at the top.
Facts about the fruit fly
There are various different species which are currently known around the world and like many other species of insects, these small fruit flies also have a period of existence consisting of 4 stages, that is, they start as eggs, then become part of the larval development process, emerge and enter the adult stage.
In other words, its existence takes place around a few days, where the fruit flies have the possibility of consuming their full development, for this they only need at least one week and have the ideal weather conditions. And as adults, these fruit flies they can live for about 30 days.
How to prevent fruit flies
Power is very difficult eliminate the common fly, that heavy fly that gets into our house and that it is impossible to get rid of and in the case of these fruit flies it is a little more complicated, since they are attracted to all kinds of organic material that has a little sweetness.
As their name suggests, they are generally found to corrupt a fruit, however, fruit flies are equally have the ability to reproduce both in the meat that is in a state of putrefaction, as in the garbage cans, in the huge stains of sugary drinks and even in the alcohol. That is why We recommend that you wash all the fruit with plenty of water that you take home, before going to store it in the refrigerator.
In addition, it is recommended that you regularly clean your drawers, collect the waste that you spill and empty your garbage constantly, in order to prevent the possible infections caused by fruit flies.
How to eliminate this type of insect
The first steps that you must take in order to prevent and combat this dreaded insect, consists of destroy and eliminate their habitat and breeding groundsusually fruit flies they usually lay their eggs in rotten fruits very frequently, they also do it in any other organic material that is soft and sweet.
If you can find a breeding ground for fruit flies inside your home, You must throw away all those fruits that are ripe or are a little deteriorated. Likewise, any fruit or vegetables you buy after this should be kept in the refrigerator until you discover that the fruit flies have completely disappeared. If you do not have any fruit or vegetables inside your home that may be attracting these little flies, we recommend that you check your garbage, since these flies too they often use dirty drains to establish their breeding sites.
Finally and after having eliminated each of the breeding sites that may have fruit flies, you could make use of others control methods. However, to completely eliminate these insects it may be necessary that you have to perform some type of treatment, although the most important thing you should do is eliminate any type of food to which they can access, since by not having food, little by little they will die until they disappear completely.