>fruit flies got into the kefir jars and died and also laid larvae
Thank God I have good near sight vision and noticed the little things creeping around on it after I strained it. They're the same color as the kefir grains too.
98% of grains thrown away, I'm starting from scratch

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>>21425652 (OP)
Thank goodness you noticed it before having any, time to declare war on them.

>he lets bugs enter his pristine cooking and food storage areas
that's on you my guy. I have pesticide around the foundation and door frames of my house, use ant bait to kill any attempted colonies in my lawn, keep my windows firmly shut unless they have an intact protective mesh, and have a spuderbro in the house as a last line of defense. I haven't seen a living bug in my house besides the spider in years

>>21425762
Good thinking, anon, that way the bugs will be covered in poisonous pesticide when they die in your food.

I randomly somehow got fruit flies in my kitchen 2 years ago and they took like a full year to finally die the fuck off.

You should always have 1 tbsp of backup kefir grains in the back of your fridge in a jar if milk

>>21425762
They lay eggs onto things like bananas, potatoes, etc at the grocery store. Any produce you keep outside of the fridge can and likely will carry fruit flies eventually. People say rinsing them kills the eggs but I'm pretty skeptical that's full proof. If I see one I usually just put a cup of apple cider vinegar out.

>>21425779
Just dealt with a fruit fly infestation myself. Apparently one of my peaches went bad even if it was a couple of days old and they were swarming the place. It has happened before, just gotta keep your place clean from any exposed fruit or vegetable and not leave anything dirty out in the open and they'll die out in a couple of days. Just gotta be diligent about it.

>>21425807
I let bananas go completely black on my counter like once a month and I haven't seen a fruit fly in years. must be a regional or supply chain thing.

>>21425775
They never make it past the first 1-2 feet of any entrance they try, based on the locations of the corpses I find when sweeping
>>21425799
This has honestly never happened to me. Either I shop at godlike locations, it's a regional thing, or I'm just lucky

>>21425783
Yeah I really should have, I played with fire.

>>21425779
Yep I can see why they believed so hard in spontaneous generation. There's no other explanation for how they are always around

>>21425844
>This has honestly never happened to me. Either I shop at godlike locations, it's a regional thing, or I'm just lucky
I keep bananas on my counter basically constantly and I'll see a fruit fly occasionally in the summer. In an old apartment I didn't take my trash out for a few days and when I opened the lid a billion fruit flies came out, it was bad, never again will I let that happen.

>>21425652 (OP)
You eat disgusting rotten garbage and you post anime.
Kindly remove yourself from the human race immediately, incel weeb faggot.

>>21425779
The sooner you stop leaving food out, the sooner there's nothing for them to live on.

Keep a tidy kitchen and enjoy no insects or rodents.

>>21425652 (OP)
that's on your for miniating poor hygiene in cooking areas and pantry.

>>21425934
>Tyrone can't comprehend why a man would make his own food when Slim Jims grow on the shelf at CVS and are free of charge

>>21425652 (OP)
That's really sad, but fruit fly larvae don't spread anything harmful and any bacteria would not have bothered your grains. You should have made sure no eggs/bugs were in the grains then rinsed them off with some milk or water.

>>21425762
how is the spider alive if no bugs are getting in

>>21425762
I have house centipedes and I swear they eat anything smaller than a mouse

>>21425934
Cry about it on your board that lost twice. ...Oh wait