Do tiny insects fly up into your face every time you water your houseplants? Then you’ll want to know how to get rid of fungus gnats naturally. This type of gnat doesn’t bite, but they do lay eggs in ...

It’s a problem University of Kentucky entomologist and assistant professor Jonathan Larson knows well: fungus gnat infestations that seem to get out of control and take over homes this time of year.

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 ...

One of the easiest and most effective ways I have found to eliminate the gnats is to put a shallow layer of landscape rocks on top of houseplant soil. The baby gnats are not able to emerge from the ...

This insidious little creature’s larva love to inhabit overly wet soils. Their larval feeding habits can damage plant roots, ...

There's a surprising method of protecting houseplants from common pests, and it may already be hiding in your medicine ...

Sooner or later, people who have houseplants get acquainted with fungus gnats. These annoying little insects like to fly around your face when you settle into a lounge chair with a book or sit down to ...

Answer: It sounds like you have fungus gnats. Carol Sutherland, NMSU extension entomologist and state entomologist, explains: “Fungus gnats are those very tiny, blackish, mosquito-like creatures that ...

Many plants and crops rely on insects to pollinate them so they can reproduce. A new study has shown that several flowering plants from the group Euonymus are pollinated by fungus gnats, a dipteran ...

Dark-winged fungus gnat larvae are seen in the soil in this file photo. These are common pests that damage plant roots and tend to thrive among potted houseplants. Tomasz Klejdysz Getty ...