Pick Up Dropped Fruit

Pick up dropped fruit daily to keep your property rat and fruit fly free. Leaving fruit on the ground attracts insects and invites rats to your property. Additionally, these flies live and breed in decaying fruit on the ground. It takes as little as three days for a fruit fly infestation to begin. These pests often find their way into your house and it’s difficult to clear them once they get in. Pictured above are apricots on the ground.