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Kezia Reynolds

The flies buzzing around your fruit bowl are not fruit flies – pest experts reveal what they really are, and how to get rid of them

Bowl of apples, a pomegranate and bowl of oranges on a shelf.

I don’t know about you, but I’m seeing more and more slow-moving tiny flies buzzing around my kitchen as we head into summer. But while attracted to my fruit bowl, these are not fruit flies I’m dealing with, but vinegar flies - and they’re likely to be the same flies plaguing your kitchen, too.

There’s nothing I hate more than flies in the house, to the point where I’m willing to try any method to get rid of flies. This includes the more bonkers methods, too, such as the cucumber hack, which uses scent to deter these pests.

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