fruit flies

[roboticnat]

there seems to be alot of fruit flies breeding or nesting the soil of my tortoise enclosure does anyone have any ideas how to combat this?

[Watermelon]

I think its called sticky fly paper. Thats supposed to work well.

[nooddle]

Yeah I used them sticky fly catcher things and they seem to have worked. I put one up above my tort table and had a clean out/change of soil.

[Pussygalore]

I use the double sticky sided yellow 'things' they are rectangular and can be stuck onto the side of the table as they are sticky both sides. They work well but must be put out or reach of the tort else he'd be stuck firm the same as my boobs often are if I lean over in the wrong place. The flies are tiny and I assume are attracted by the food in my case its pellets and wet greenery, they don't do any harm and the stickers do a good job, they shouldn't come from the soil if its sterilised, I have a planted area in compost so they could come from there.

[rocio]

The little flies are attracted to the damp soil where they lay their eggs which soon hatch into more little flies! Ad infinitum.

[Geomyda]

in my tropical house enclosures I have a self sustaining population of African House Gecko's (Hemidactylus frenatus). These live free in the building and feed avidly on a variety of insect prey, which includes small flies which would otherwise be a potential nuisance in the set ups. However, it must be said that they require a lot of additional supplementary feeding with commercially bred insects which are fed to them a couple of times a week.
there is no doubt, that they add interest to the enclosures and their habit of having territories surrounding each of the basking lamps in the house makes for often very lively interactions.
Their communal egg laying is also a source of interest which at times has other consequences.