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First, how to tell if they really are fruit flies.

What causes fruit flies in the house?

What is the fastest way to get rid of fruit flies?

What if I don’t have apple cider vinegar?

Will fruit flies go away on their own?

Fruit flies can be a perennial problem.

If you've got clouds of the little critters collecting on every piece of ripe fruit on the counter, you might hope that the cooling temperatures will finally solve your problem. But unfortunately, they're likely to come back even stronger in the spring, unless you take action.

This is because, despite their short lifespan, the flies are able to go into a type of hibernation called "dipause" for the w

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