Warmer weather means pesky fruit flies will be on the rise. Avoid an infestation with prevention hacks from an entomologist.

They lay eggs on moist surfaces and before you know it, you’ve got a whole fruit fly frat house buzzing around. To evict them, toss overly ripe produce, clean surfaces and remove the trash.

If fruit flies drive you up a wall when they're present in your home ... so they can't lay their eggs on it and multiply. Also, be on top of any overripe or rotten fruit that you might keep ...

However, there may be one particular fruit that is overly attracting these flies in your kitchen and unfortunately the process of their presence is actually happening before you even pick them up in ...

The life of a fruit fly consists of four phases: egg, larva, pupa and fully-formed fly. At 25 degrees, the fly embryo hatches one day after the egg is laid, and it then lives for five days as a larva.