Fruit flies will be banished from your home with 1 common kitchen item

In warmer weather, it can be frustrating to keep seeing fruit flies in your kitchen looking for food but there's one easy way you can put them off. You might find these tiny little flies flying around in your home, especially around your fruit bowl. These flies might be small, but they can be annoying if you're unable to get rid of them.

If you're looking for a quick and easy deterrent that's all natural, there's one item you can use to help get rid of this problem.

Dish soap can be used to make a trap to keep the flies away.

Woman and Home says: "Once your kitchen is clean and you've removed any potential fruit fly breeding grounds, you'll need to set a trap for any pests still buzzing around your kitchen to get rid of them completely.

"Simply fill a few small containers with a mixture of apple cider vinegar and a squirt of dish soap, then cover the container with cling film and prick it with a toothpick to create a few holes."

It adds that if you don't have any cling film, you could also top the containers with a piece of paper rolled into a funnel.

It says fruit flies should be able to get in, but not out of, these traps and that if you leave a few of these around your kitchen for a few days, you'll be able to catch any lingering flies.

BBC says fruit flies are small yellow-to-light-brown flies that can appear all year round.

It adds that you might notice an up-tick in the late summer and autumn - the reason for this is ripening fruit, many of which ripen quicker in heat.

It says: "The reason they seem so hard to get rid of is because they can lay up to 500 eggs in the surface of a fruit, and their life cycle lasts 40-50 days, reaching adulthood in just two weeks!"

Fruit flies will not usually cause you any serious harm but it's best to ward them away from your kitchen if you can.