The Fruit Fly Kit
4.8· 18 reviews. Rated 4.8 out of 5, read the reviews.Two different kinds of product in one box, and which is which matters. The FlyLock trap is a trap. A scent lure and water go into the chamber, fruit flies are drawn in, and it holds what it catches. It works indoors on a kitchen counter and outdoors hung in a tree, so this box covers both. The IonAway Yard Guardian is the other kind of thing entirely, a solar stake for the ground outside that makes a spot feel unsafe so animals move on, and it catches nothing. This box carries one of each, plus five lures. The trap is reusable, takes no electricity, no batteries and no traditional insecticide spray, and stands about 20 cm tall and about 9 cm wide. Its setup is four steps. Open the trap, add the lure, add water, then stand it or hang it. Two things to read before you buy, both in full below. The lure is not food and belongs out of reach of children. And outdoors, a scent lure can attract bees as well as the insects you are aiming at, so keep the trap away from flowering plants and take it down while your garden is in bloom.
Final step: Commit
- One fruit fly trap, five lures
- One solar yard stake
- Trap works indoors or outdoors
- Four step setup on the trap
One catches, indoors or out. One stands in the ground and does not.
Three steps. Then forget it.
Set the trap up in four steps
Open the trap, add one of the five lures, add water, then stand it or hang it. No tools, no assembly, no electricity, and no batteries.
Put the trap where they already are
Indoors that is beside the fruit bowl, near the bin, or wherever you can see them, kept off any food-preparation surface and out of reach of children. Outdoors, hang it away from flowering plants, because a scent lure can attract bees as well as the insects you are aiming at, and take it down for the weeks your garden is in bloom. Pick a spot you can reach easily, because you will be taking it down to empty it.
Push the stake into the ground
The IonAway presses into soil, a bed, or a lawn edge in seconds and charges from its own panel through the day. This one is outdoors only, and it is the other kind of product in this box. It holds nothing and catches nothing, it makes a spot feel unsafe so animals move on.
One FlyLock fruit fly trap with five scent lures, for indoor and outdoor placement, boxed with one IonAway Yard Guardian, the solar yard stake that helps discourage yard birds, snakes, mice, squirrels, and other small animals.
One of these is a trap, and one is not
Said plainly, because a box with two different kinds of product in it is easy to misread. The FlyLock trap captures and holds what it catches. The IonAway stake catches nothing at all. Buy this set if you want both. Buy them apart if you only want one.
One goes anywhere, one goes outside
The trap is the flexible half. It stands on a kitchen counter beside the fruit bowl or hangs in a fruit tree, whichever you need that week. The stake is outdoors only: it pushes into soil and charges from the sun, so there is nowhere indoors for it to go.
The trap is reusable, the lure is not
Five scent lures come in the box. When the chamber fills up, empty it, rinse it, add a fresh lure and water, and set it out again. Refills are sold on their own once the five are gone.
The stake runs on the sun
The IonAway charges from its own solar panel through daylight hours and tops up over the included USB cable when the sky stays grey. There is nothing to wire and no outlet to find.
Two jobs, one box
Something catching fruit flies where you cook and something standing in the ground outside do completely different work. This is the set for a household that wants both, without placing two orders to get there.
Outdoors, bees can follow a scent lure too
The lure in this box does not distinguish between insects. Hung in a garden it can attract bees as well as the insects you are aiming at. Keep the trap away from flowering plants and take it down while things are in bloom. If you or your neighbours keep bees, think hard about hanging a scent lure in that garden at all. On a kitchen counter this is far less of a concern, but the box is sold for both, so it is printed here.
Specs and what’s in the box.
- Includes
- FlyLock trap x1, FlyLock scent lures x5, IonAway Yard Guardian x1
- The trap
- Scent lure fruit fly trap, indoor and outdoor placement
- The stake
- Solar ground stake for outdoors, ultrasonic tone plus LED flash
- Trap size
- About 20 cm tall and about 9 cm wide
- Trap setup
- Four steps. Open, add lure, add water, stand or hang
- Trap power
- None. No electricity and no batteries
- Stake power
- Solar panel with USB rechargeable battery
- Spraying
- None. No traditional insecticide spray
- Reusable
- The trap is. Empty, rinse, add fresh lure and water
- Safety
- The lure is not for consumption. Keep out of reach of children. See the safety section on this page
- Placement note
- Not directly over a food-preparation surface. Outdoors, keep the trap away from flowering plants
- Units in this set
- Two, plus five lures
In the box
- One FlyLock fruit fly trap
- Five FlyLock scent lures
- One IonAway Yard Guardian with its ground stake
- USB charging cable for the stake
- Setup card for the trap and a placement card for the stake
The trap half of this box needs reading first.
Five scent lures ship in this box, and they are the part these warnings are about. They apply to the FlyLock trap only. The IonAway stake is a sealed solar unit for the ground outside and carries none of them. These are the manufacturer warnings in plain language, plus where the trap should and should not go.
- Not food
- The lure and the liquid in the chamber are not for consumption. They are not a food product and they are not a drink, whatever the trap smells like. Do not swallow either one.
- Keep from children
- Keep the lure and the trap out of reach of children. This matters more indoors than it ever did in a garden, because a chamber standing on a kitchen counter is at eye level for a small child and within arm reach of a curious one.
- Eye contact
- If the lure or the liquid gets into an eye, rinse the eye with clean water and seek medical attention.
The trap, indoors
- Beside the fruit bowl, which is where most people need it.
- Near the bin or the recycling.
- Anywhere you can already see fruit flies gathering.
- In the kitchen, but not directly over a food-preparation surface.
- Out of reach of children.
The trap, outdoors
- Fruit trees, the garden, a balcony or a patio.
- Bin areas, a greenhouse, or the vegetable patch.
- Away from flowering plants. A scent lure can attract bees as well as the insects you are aiming at, so take the trap down while your garden is in bloom.
- Somewhere you can reach without a ladder, because you will be taking it down to empty it.
Store spare lures cool, dry and sealed until you use them.
Versus the old ways.
| Feature | The Fruit Fly Kit | The trap on its own | The stake on its own | Sprays |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A scent lure fruit fly trap | ✓ | ✓ | — | — |
| A solar stake for the ground | ✓ | — | ✓ | — |
| Five lures in the box | ✓ | — | — | — |
| No traditional insecticide spray | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Bought once, not as two orders | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Something that works indoors too | ✓ | ✓ | — | — |
Real homes, real yards.
What 18 customers say.
The trap went up in the apple tree and the stake went into the bed by the courgettes. They do completely different things, which is exactly why I wanted both in one order instead of working it out piece by piece.
The page says plainly that a sweet lure can bring bees in, and I am glad it does, because our front garden is full of flowers in July. I hung the trap round the back by the compost instead and left the front alone.
The trap took about a minute. Open it, lure in, water in, hang it. The stake pushed into the bed by hand. Nothing to wire and nothing to spray anywhere in the garden.
These are individual customers’ own experiences, not typical or guaranteed results.
Match it to your space.
This set as it comes
One trap for the kitchen or the tree and one stake in the ground suits a household that wants both kinds of product working at once.
Buy the trap on its own
If the ground has never been the problem and it is only the fruit flies you want dealt with, the FlyLock trap is sold on its own, with or without lures, and it costs less than this box.
Buy the IonAway on its own
If you do not want a trap in the house or the garden at all, the IonAway Yard Guardian is sold on its own and in packs. It catches nothing and holds nothing.
Good questions.
What exactly comes in the box?
One FlyLock fruit fly trap, five FlyLock scent lures, and one IonAway Yard Guardian with its ground stake and USB cable.
Can I use the trap indoors?
Yes. The trap works the same way on a kitchen counter as it does in a tree, so stand it beside the fruit bowl or the bin if that is where the problem is. Keep it off any food-preparation surface and out of reach of children, which is set out with the rest of the safety notes on this page. The other half of the box, the IonAway stake, is outdoors only.
Are both of these traps?
No, and the difference is the main thing to understand about this box. The FlyLock is a trap. A scent lure draws insects into the chamber and it holds what it catches. The IonAway is not a trap. It is a solar stake that makes a spot feel unsafe so animals move on, and nothing is caught or held by it.
Is the lure safe to have in a kitchen?
Handled properly, and this page says how. The lure and the liquid in the chamber are not for consumption. Keep them out of reach of children. If either gets into an eye, rinse the eye with clean water and seek medical attention. Store the spare lures cool, dry and sealed. The safety section on this page carries all of it in full.
Can the lure attract bees?
Outdoors, yes. A scent lure does not distinguish between insects, so hung in a garden it can attract bees as well as the insects you are aiming at. Hang the trap well away from flowering plants and take it down while your garden is in bloom. If you or your neighbours keep bees, think carefully about hanging a scent lure in that garden at all.
How do I set the trap up?
Four steps. Open the trap, add one of the five lures, add water, then stand it where you need it or hang it by the tab. There is nothing to assemble and no tool is needed. The trap stands about 20 cm tall and about 9 cm wide.
Does anything in the box need power?
The trap does not. No electricity, no batteries, and no traditional insecticide spray. The IonAway charges from its own solar panel and can be topped up over the included USB cable when the weather has been against it.
What happens when the trap is full?
Empty it, rinse it, add a fresh lure and water, and set it out again. The trap is reusable. Five lures come in this box, and refills are sold on their own after that.
Can I buy the two pieces separately?
Yes. The FlyLock trap and the IonAway Yard Guardian both have their own pages, and the trap can be bought with or without lures. This set exists for the household that wants both in one order.
Where should the stake go?
Outdoors. Push it into soil, a garden bed, or a lawn edge near the area animals keep returning to, angled toward that space. Give it somewhere that gets real sun for a good part of the day, because that is what charges it.
After the five lures
The trap is reusable and the scent lure is the part that runs out. Refills come in packs of 10, 20 or 30, so you keep the chamber you already own.
Shop FlyLock Lure Refills →
More ground to cover?
The stake in this box is the IonAway Yard Guardian. If one is not enough for the yard, it is sold on its own and in packs on its own page, and it catches nothing.
Shop IonAway Yard Guardian →30 nights, or your money back.
Give it a full season. If the pests do not get the message, send it back for a full refund. No forms, no fuss. Trusted across 180,000+ yards.