Overview
for Fruit Fly
Fruit flies are the tiny, red-eyed flies that show up the moment a banana goes past its prime, and the fix is almost always sanitation, not spray. The common household fruit fly is *Drosophila melanogaster*, one of a group of small flies also called vinegar, pomace, or small fruit flies because their larvae develop in damaged, fermenting, or overripe fruit. Source: https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/GARDEN/FRUIT/PESTS/fruitflies.html They are a nuisance more than a danger, and a clean kitchen usually sends them on their way. Source: https://site.extension.uga.edu/madison/2021/08/shoo-fruit-flies-dont-bother-me/