I have fruit flies. Bred in captivity (i.e. my place). I'm not proud of it at all.

Since 1.5 days ago, the death toll stands at 34, and rising. There are still survivors.

I know my folks, who read my blog, will tell me that I must have food out, that my place is dirty, etc. And it's not! I don't really leave food out (although I am guilty of leaving empty glasses of orange juice overnight once in a while) and my place isn't that dirty.

Well, this is the general breakdown of the cause of deaths.

• approx 10 killed by the home remedy provided by Kel: sugar + dishwashing detergent + water
  
• approx ~2 found dead by themselves - just keeled over and died!
  
• approx ~22 killed by yours truly - by hand and foot (really, I squashed a few with my feet)*

*I found an effective way to attract fruit flies last night. I turn on my TV and switch it to Video 1 (which is a blue screen if there is no signal). The fruit flies seem to like it, and they fly up and walk around on the TV screen. At that point, Kevin's hand comes along and WHACK! Assassinated. And the glass screen also makes it easy to wipe excess bug. In < 10 mins, I killed 5 or 6 this way.

Anyway, this is where you guys go "EEWWWWWWWwww!!".