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 ...

Man staring forlornly at a fly strip in his kitchen - Vitaliy Abbasov/Shutterstock While fly strips and roach traps may be effective at getting rid of some of your larger kitchen pests, gnats are a ...

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 ...

Moisture and food on surfaces and in drains are the primary sources for gnats in the kitchen. Set up more than one trap in the area where you've observed the gnats. Look for and clean up the breeding ...

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 — ...

Gnats are attracted to warm, moist environments and breed in standing water or damp soil. Homeowners can repel gnats using herbal repellents, apple cider vinegar traps and by eliminating breeding ...

The warmer months often bring beautiful flowers and bundles of ripe, delicious fruit. Unfortunately, this also means it’s time for the gnats and fruit flies to emerge and attempt to take up residence ...

Gnats are one of those persistent pests that everyone encounters in the home at some point. These tiny flying insects, notorious for causing itchy, red bite marks, are among the most unwelcome ...

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 ...

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 ...