These expert-backed tips from an entomologist will help banish fruit flies and keep your kitchen pest-free for good.

Fruit flies will normally hitch onto any overripe fruit that you bring home from the grocery store, or any bruised fruit, which tends to ripen and rot more quickly. Once the flies get in your ...

The first sign was in the purple staining the ground. Little rivulets of purple bled from bruised fruit. Over our heads, birds grasped the bounty on the boughs—some fruits were a fresh ...

Slight insect damage on the skin is harmless, but don't store any bruised fruit. Apples need a cool, frost-free environment, where they can last for weeks, even months in winter. A garage or ...