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How to Remove Gnats from Your Home

These little black beasts can be infuriating, but luckily it's not terribly hard to evict them from your home. Here's how.
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 ...
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 ...
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 — ...
From fungus gnats to thrips, common houseplant pests can be a real nuisance, but with a bit of know-how, they will disappear ...
Gnats just don’t have a problem with getting all up in your personal space. “They do have a haphazard way of flying,” said Taylor Jones, the consumer horticulture agent at the Guilford County Center ...
The bane of my existence is the fungus gnat (Bradysia spp.). This insidious little creature’s larva love to inhabit overly wet soils. Their larval feeding habits can damage plant roots, even stunting ...
Throw away garbage and take out recycling frequently. Clean out the bottom of bins when liquid accumulates, wipe down ...
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 ...