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Fruit flies are a particularly pesky problem in the Southern heat and humidity, and the same goes for most other winged insects, including regular flies, gnats, and mosquitoes, too.
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Stephanie Osmanski, Southern Living, 14 May 2024
During another federal monitor inspection, visitors found unsanitary conditions including live roaches, ants, water bugs, fruit flies, gnats, and mouse droppings.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024
Native predators will take care of the gnats for you.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2024
Meanwhile, some potting soils for indoor plants are designed to reduce the prevalence of gnats and other pests that can often plague houseplants.
—Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 May 2024
Legions of insects have evolved to help native plants with long-distance reproduction, including butterflies, moths, beetles, flies, midges and gnats.
—Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
Safer Home Indoor Plug-In Fly Traps $18 $13 More than 5,000 shoppers have added this plug-in fly trap to their cart in the last month and that’s because with seed season, unfortunately, comes gnat season.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Mar. 2024
Discoloration, sticky leaves, webbing, or small gnats hiding in the soil are all signs to pass on the plant.
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 20 Mar. 2024
From the dry cleaner’s to the stationery store, from Zabar’s to Barney Greengrass, Chloe pursues the siblings, as pesky and insistent as a gnat.
—The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2024
Stephanie Osmanski, Southern Living, 14 May 2024
During another federal monitor inspection, visitors found unsanitary conditions including live roaches, ants, water bugs, fruit flies, gnats, and mouse droppings.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024
Native predators will take care of the gnats for you.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2024
Meanwhile, some potting soils for indoor plants are designed to reduce the prevalence of gnats and other pests that can often plague houseplants.
—Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 May 2024
Legions of insects have evolved to help native plants with long-distance reproduction, including butterflies, moths, beetles, flies, midges and gnats.
—Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
Safer Home Indoor Plug-In Fly Traps $18 $13 More than 5,000 shoppers have added this plug-in fly trap to their cart in the last month and that’s because with seed season, unfortunately, comes gnat season.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Mar. 2024
Discoloration, sticky leaves, webbing, or small gnats hiding in the soil are all signs to pass on the plant.
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 20 Mar. 2024
From the dry cleaner’s to the stationery store, from Zabar’s to Barney Greengrass, Chloe pursues the siblings, as pesky and insistent as a gnat.
—The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2024
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“Gnat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gnat. Accessed 17 May. 2024.
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gnat
noun
: any of various small usually biting two-winged flies
Medical Definition
gnat
noun
: any of various small usually biting dipteran flies (as a midge or blackfly)
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