VIOLA, Ill. — A warning for backyard chicken keepers: black flies, otherwise known as gnats, are wiping out whole flocks. One chicken owner lost dozens of chicks to the deadly blood suckers. Susie ...

If you're finding an overflow of gnats outside your home, it can be a huge nuisance. Gnats aren't all bad—they decompose organic matter, pollinate flowers, and serve and as a food source for large ...

Gnats swarm South Carolina each spring. Here are some tips to keep the pest away.

HASTINGS, Minn. – The backyard is usually a refuge, but not at the moment for the Marthaler family, this week their Hastings home has been invaded by a blood-thirsty swarm of gnats. The Metropolitan ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tinatin1 / Getty Images Wondering why gnats have taken over your home? For most gnat infestations, the cause is typically due to ...

That’s how many black flies, or biting gnats, were captured near Jordan during one night in one trap. And there were still gnats swarming to get in when the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District ...

What's all the buzz about? Well, it's not mosquitoes — yet. It's the invasion of the black fly — often called the buffalo gnat, turkey gnat or no-see-ums. And it's enough to get your attention if ...

As spring has begun and the weather warms up, keep bug spray on you. Gnats are a South Carolina staple and follow closely behind the warm, humid weather.

Whatever you happen to call them, you don’t want to mess with sand gnats. And it’s that time of year again. Sand gnats leave awful little welts where they rip skin to drink blood. The little pests are ...

That’s how many black flies, or biting gnats, were captured near Jordan during one night in one trap. And there were still gnats swarming to get in when the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District ...