Whether they’re hovering by the hundreds around your fruit bowl, clouding your vegetable garden, or swarming your face—attracted to moisture and salt—gnats are unwelcome visitors. Some bite humans and ...

Make a DIY trap: Fill a jar halfway with vinegar, sugar water, or beer, add a few drops of dish soap, and leave it out. Try essential oils: Many gnats dislike the smell of certain essential oils, such ...

Fungus gnats are a common pest among houseplants. These small flies tend to go unnoticed at first, slowly building their populations by laying eggs on the soil of our container plants. Their larvae ...

Gnats, flies, no-see-ums – whatever you call them, they’re disproportionately annoying for something so darn tiny. Taking back your kitchen is easy, though, when you follow the right advice. Here’s ...

The warmer months often bring beautiful flowers and bundles of ripe, delicious fruit. Unfortunately, this also means it’s time for the gnats and fruit flies to emerge and attempt to take up residence ...

Gnats are attracted to warm, moist environments and breed in standing water or damp soil. Homeowners can repel gnats using herbal repellents, apple cider vinegar traps and by eliminating breeding ...

Gnats thrive in moisture, humidity, and decomposing matter, especially after rain. Cut down their numbers by drying soil, clearing debris, and removing standing water. Acting early prevents plant ...

Nothing can interrupt an outdoor party quite like a swarm of gnats. Not to be confused with fruit flies or mosquitos, these tiny flying insects have slender bodies, long legs, and wings that ...

There's nothing worse than unwanted insects inside your house. Imagine fruit flies buzzing as you cook dinner, fungus gnats hovering over your houseplants or nasty creatures lingering in your kitchen ...

Gnats are attracted to the color yellow, making it the natural choice for adhesive cards used to trap the plant pests. Dima Berlin If you’ve noticed hordes of tiny insects flying around your home — ...