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Fruit Fly Infestation

26 Oct 2012

Posted by Joseph Coupal

In professional pest control we must train our eyes to see what others overlook! That is not me, it is Sherlock Holmes that said this. I use it all the time in pest control. Investigation for pests is a true science and it takes an expert. In this case a tenant in an apartment building was complaining of a massive fruit fly infestation. She said she is spotlessly clean. I told her there must be a source somewhere.

Something rolled under an appliance? Dirty trash receptacle? Recycling container? Rotten fruit or vegetables? Spilled liquid? NO was the answer to all these questions. THEN she gave me her fruit fly trap she bought at a hardware store. SOLVED!!! Looking inside the trap I saw exactly why she has so many fruit flies. The picture tells the whole story! When it comes to pest control you need the CSI talents of EHS!

(click on images to enlarge)

George Williams,
General Manager - Staff Entomologist

Pest Control, RI, Pest Control, MA 


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