Fruit Flies?

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After changing rack systems (from home made to AP/Boaphile racks) we've noticed tons of some sort of small fly, a fruit fly perhaps?, flying around in the bins and all around our lizard room! It's not out of control... yet. We have fly strips up, which has decresed the number a little bit. Does anyone else have this problem?; or has anyone ever had this problem? Most importantly... how do we fix it?! Any help would be great, thanks guys!
 

PaulSage

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Fly paper helps, but I've also had good luck putting a small incandescent light over a tray of water with a shot of fruit juice. Put it out at night when the lights are off, and the little suckers will drown themselves. :) I had problems with those blasted things when I was using apples and potatoes for cricket/worm water sources, but I found out that the fruit flies don't like carrots :)
 

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