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Pest Control : Getting Rid Of Fruit Flies Fruit flies received their names due to their fondness of laying their eggs in fruits. However, it is not only fruits such as bananas, apples and pears that they like, they will also look for fermenting products such as beer, cider, vinegar and wine. And it's not only food stuffs they go for but also damp areas like a mop that's been left out or a washing up sponge for example. Fruit flies have an extremely short life cycle. Development to become an adult takes anywhere between 7 and 30 days and then they tend to live an extra 2 to 9 weeks. This means that as soon as they are an 'adult' they will start looking to places to lay their eggs and produce more fruit flies. The most common time to see fruit flies is late summer and early autumn as they tend to breed the most around harvest time when there is more fruit and vegetables for them to lay their eggs in. You do need to be careful with fruit flies because th