Whitefly And Dalek Type Compost Bin

I set up a Dalek type composter at home to compliment the ones at the allotment and to avoid taking all the kitchen waste up to the plots during the Winter.
Now the one at home is attracting what seems to be the entire worlds population of Whitefly both inside and out of the bin, yet the ones at the allotment do not do this. I am considering removing the bin at home because of this.
 Any ideas what causes this and how do I alleviate it please?

I've got exactly the same problem with my "kitchen waste" dalek N2P!

The other two at the top end of the garden contain only the usual garden vegetable waste and there are no whiteflies in them, so it must be something in the kitchen waste which appeals to them, but I've no idea what it might be (and it's never happened before.)

So, not much help from me, but if you want to form a "self-help group" at least you won't be lonely!   

You just take the lid off and go and do something else for 5 minutes. They've usually gone by the time you get back

Quote from: argyllie on March 20, 2012, 20:04

Possibly something like banana skins.. Just a thought...

Funnily enough, I don't eat bananas!   

I was thinking along the lines that the ethylene gas produced by bananas might be attracting the flies. Other fruit/veg produce it too, do they not?

my compost bin has the same problem and i only started using it 3 days ago. There's a lot of fruit peelings in there, including banana skins. I chucked some soil and worms in there to cover it a bit today and there weren't any flies when I went back to it a couple of hours later.