How to Use fungus gnat in a Sentence

fungus gnat

noun
  • The life cycle of the fungus gnat is 18 days from egg to egg.
    oregonlive, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Most fungus gnats live and feed on mushrooms, and some of them build sticky webs to trap edible spores.
    Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2017
  • At one point there was a fungus gnat corpse in every single one of their sticky little mouths.
    Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2021
  • The second bug, a fungus gnat, survives the winter by allowing half of its body to freeze.
    Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Feb. 2022
  • Although tiny fungus gnat adults are more of a nuisance than a pest, the immature stage (larvae) feeds on plant roots and can cause growth problems, especially on young plants.
    Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Two rare fungus gnats were found in Scotland, and two monarch-butterfly activists were murdered in Mexico.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2020
  • But in temperate regions like Australia and New Zealand, where prey are scarcer, fungus gnats would have needed a way of attracting their victims.
    Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2017
  • Pests controlled: Yellow traps attract whiteflies, fruit flies, male winged scales, leafhoppers, fungus gnats, midges, male winged mealybugs and leafminers, thrips, psyllids, and winged aphids.
    The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Amazon reviewers also swear by these Sticky Stakes ($6, amazon.com), which trap adult fungus gnats and other insects plaguing your houseplants.
    Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Amazon reviewers also swear by these Sticky Stakes ($7, amazon.com), which trap adult fungus gnats and other insects plaguing your houseplants.
    Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 8 May 2018
  • Mosquito bits are little pellets that contain a bacteria that’s toxic to fungus gnat and mosquito larvae.
    Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2021

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