Fruit Fly Compost Bin Infestation Stopped

Traps on top of the bin without opening the bin: fail.

Traps inside the bin: bad plan. 

What I ended up doing to end my fruit fly infestation was opening the bin every once in a while, letting the flies fly out, then closing the bin and putting the traps right on top. I trapped a dozen or so the first night. Yay!

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On an unrelated note, I made a delicious pie crust with spelt phyllo the other day as an experiment.  It was super successful and delicious!  Instead of a proper dough crust, I just layered strips of phyllo with melted butter brushed on between layers, baked it for about 10 minutes before putting in my filling and voila!  Simple and delicious wheat free crust!

Mites in my worm bin

I opened by worm bin the other day and was surprised by a bunch of fruit flies and little buggles crawling around.

I discovered the little crawlers are mites.  The ones I had in my bin are reddish and slow moving, which I learned are not predatory. They thrive in damp conditions (which I keep finding is the case in my bin!) So I'm not feeding as much, have added some dry soil, and am trying to keep my bin open for a while each day.
http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/a-mite-is-a-mite-is-a-mite-not-quite/

The fruit flies:
I've set up 2 traps like one I learned about from a juice bar owner a few years ago.  I put some apple cider vinegar in a small mason jar with a drop of dish detergent, cover it with saran wrap with a small corner uncovered:

Yay learning curves!