The type of fruit fly trap I'm using--a paper funnel set atop a cup with bait in the bottom--is making it difficult to get an exact count of the flies before they're released to the wild outdoors. However, preliminary results after the first 12 hours of trapping show the vinegar trap with what I will estimate as "some" flies and the honey trap with what I will estimate as "no" flies.
Again, these results are preliminary, but it seems that you do in fact catch more flies with vinegar than with honey. Take that, conventional wisdom.
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And...NO!! YOU CAN'T HAVE HER! SHE'S MINE!!!! --Emp. Peng.
So, do the fruit flies have a vinegar preference? Seems like a FRUIT fly would go for APPLE cider vinegar any day over clover by-product. How about wine or white? When the results are out, perhaps next year I'll have to try your trap in the barn. Ann O. P.S. You can keep her, Emp. Peng.! Thanks for taking her! :-)
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