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UV light from Katchy attracts fruit flies at night. But I found that using a bait lured many into the Katchy. I poured apple cider vinegar into glasses and covered the glasses with ankle high nylon stockings. This way the aroma of the vinegar arose from the glasses, but not even the smallest fruit fly could get into the vinegar to feed or reproduce. The aroma from my many glasses got the fruit flies to fly through the top of the Katchys and the fan forces them to the sticky pads in the base of the Katchy. Overkill, yes, but it works. Some more tips: Make sure no water is available for fruit flies to drink or breed. 90% of fruit flies are female so one female can lay lots of eggs and create generations of them. And they tend to lay eggs in water. I also believe a lack of drinking water will dehydrate them and shorten their life span, which I have read is ~40 days. - Cover all drains with stoppers. Including the shower drain (I use Glad Press n Seal). For the toilet bowl I cover the rim with an oversized plastic cutting board. -I wipe down the sink after each use -Pour boiling water into drains to kill fruit flies and eggs. I have read that simply running water does not eliminate them. Replace the Katchy sticky pads every so often and count the dead fruit flies until you are sure that there are no more fruit flies.