You’re About to Host Thanksgiving, and Your Kitchen Is a Fruit Fly Haven. Here’s the Fix.

Just when you thought you were safe to enjoy your fall harvest, the fruit flies have decided to move in. You bring home one too many apples from the orchard, and suddenly your kitchen is swarming with a million tiny, winged roommates who are here to ruin your cozy vibe.

Yes, they’re back, and they seem to just magically appear out of thin air. But there’s a real science to their invasion, and you don’t have to live with them. We got tired of waving our hands in front of our faces, so we talked to an…