It’s a universal truth: Gnats are the unwelcome house guests that show up uninvited—and then refuse to leave. While they’re harmless to humans, spotting one moseying around still gives us the ick, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Wondering why gnats have taken over your home? For most gnat infestations, the cause is typically due to sanitation, but that doesn't mean your home is dirty. Gnats appear and proliferate when they ...

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 ...

I have beautiful African violets that bloom all year. The pots now seem overcrowded, and the leaves are losing color. I do not know what to do as far as repotting and starting new plants. I am afraid ...

The other night I was watching television when I was annoyed by a floater — you know the things that float around in your field of vision that sometimes look like threads or blobs. Then, to my ...

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 nuisances, prone to hover around warm bodies and fermenting foods. If you felt like a gnat was targeting you while you sipped on a glass of wine, well, you were right. Humans, pets, and ...