Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I have a parrot who eats lots of fresh fruit. I have never had fruit flies in 20 years. For some reason in the last few weeks I have a lot of them. I bought 2 of these traps. They are nicely designed and well made but are VERY pricey at $7 a pop. It's a small plastic ball (size of a golf ball)with some 'attractant' drops to put in the ball. Turns out the 'attractant' is apple cider vinegar with red dye in it. I opened the traps added the liquid and waited. Lots of buzzing around for several hours but no catches. When I woke up this a.m. both traps had about 30 fruit flies each - so they are working. There was lots of interest in them right away but for several hours none were trapped. After 24 hours they are pulling them in. It's important to note these traps work for FRUIT FLIES ONLY. They don't work for gnats or house flies. After watching this work I made my own traps out clear plastic cottage cheese containers. Make sure the container is washed and clean. Pour about an inch of ONLY apple cider or red wine vinegar in the bottom (Regular WHITE vinegar DOES NOT WORK).Add one drop of liquid dish soap. That breaks the tension of the vinegar and allows the flies to sink and drown. If you don't use the drop of soap the flies can get away. I poked a few SMALL holes in the lid of the cottage cheese container. This lets the flies go in but they can't get back out. This method is almost FREE. You could also use a container without a lid but I prefer to know the fruit flies are trapped once they enter.