2017
Dealing with Dastardly Flies: Catching the sneaky devils too fast for your swatter
If you cook a lot like me, chances are your burnable garbage is always full of fruit and veg peels, fat scraps from meat, and various other “raw” garbage (生ごみ). If you’re American, you probably have a fruit stash in your kitchen.This also means that you probably end up getting a number of fruit flies that will annoy you to no end.
In my case, they always decide to fly in front of my face when I’m trying to concentrate on video games. It’s enough to drive anyone to madness. Luckily, there’s a cheap and easy way to deal with them.
- Ta-da! コバエがホイホイ！
- Assembly
Ta-da! コバエがホイホイ！
#notsponsored Kobae ga Hoihoi is the answer to your fruit fly problems.
Kobae ga Hoihoi contains a dinotefuran gelatin that kills fruit flies on contact by disrupting their nervous system. Dinotefuran is an insecticide that is often used in veterinary medicine as a tick preventative for dogs and flea preventative for cats.
Still, if you accidentally touch the gelatin or the liquid on the plastic seal, make sure to wash your hands.
Assembly
It’s pretty self-explanatory, but let’s go over it anyways.
When you open up the box, you will have two parts.
A slotted, pointy lid and a bottom portion that looks like a Jell-O cup. Don’t eat it!
Peel off the plastic. Line up the triangular notches on the lid and bottom, and place the lid on.
It’s hard to see, but there is a little triangle there. Once the lid is on with the triangles aligned (align them BEFORE putting it on), twist the lid to the left until it stops.
Done! Now just put this wherever you need it, like near your garbage can, for example. Just don’t keep it where you do food prep. I put it on my breakfast bar (that I don’t use), but I’m thinking of putting it on top of my garbage cabinet.
Now we wait.
Best of luck with your fruit fly problem. For more tips on dealing with bugs, from mosquitoes to cockroaches, check out our website at:
https://www.lifeabroad.jp/html/daily_life/insect_repellent.html
Have a great week, everyone!