Gnats & fruit flies are often around ripening bananas, garbage or over-watered plants. Here’s what to do to get these insects out of your home.

Gnats and fruit flies are annoying, whether it’s a single one flitting about the room or a swarm swirling around your over-ripe bananas. Pests are going to happen, it’s almost a guarantee in life.

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, ...

Learn how to get rid of fruit flies, mosquitoes, gnats and other pests, with guidance from extermination experts. This is the best, and fastest way, to do it.

Here’s what to do for each type of gnat. Fruit flies: A deep clean of the kitchen’s pantry, fruit basket or vegetable tray should do the trick.

They’re not fruit flies, they’re fungus gnats!” the person wrote. “Once they hatch, it’s impossible to stop them. Cleaned everything, poured bleach down the drains etc.

Once the gnats and fruit flies go in, they will not come back out. So this is what we do. We’re going to take a piece of plastic wrap. We’re going to put over that mixture.

Pour apple cider vinegar into a large Mason jar. Add a chunk of very ripe fruit (apples, peaches and bananas work well) and a ...

It's that time of year when pesky gnats and fruit flies seem to appear out of nowhere. Lifestyle editor Joann Butler shares a simple, effective solution that keeps your home bug-free all season long.