The pesky little bugs flying around your fruit bowl, bin and sink can be difficult to get rid of, especially once they've started buzzing around the room.

There are plenty of DIY traps and tips for dealing with them, but one woman may have stumbled on the most fun and effective.

Elaine Cruz shared her hack for catching fruit flies in an Instagram reel and it looks both effective and satisfying.

Watch the video above.

"Thank me later but you're welcome. Is it kinda gross? Yeh Does it work? Also yeh," she captioned the video.

Cruz uses a plate covered in a layer of oil to swat at the insects as they fly through the air, which really allows you to get out some of the frustration the critters cause.

The hack clearly works well because when Cruz holds the plate up to the camera yo

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