Gnats and fruit flies are invading homes during the spring season, but there are ways to keep the population small with regular household items. Both insects are searching for a similar food source — ...

Over the past few years, I’ve learned to always keep indoor fly traps on hand. The seasonal infestation is inevitable. It always starts out slow: One day, I notice a couple of fruit flies buzzing ...

Whether they’re hovering by the hundreds around your fruit bowl, clouding your vegetable garden, or swarming your face—attracted to moisture and salt—gnats are unwelcome visitors. Some bite humans and ...

Sometimes when I’m gardening, dozens of minuscule flying creatures descend upon my legs. It’s fortunate these little black specks don’t bite, but they are so vastly annoying that I have to either go ...

“Within 48 hours, we had no flies left in our house.” For something as tiny as a fly, gnat, or mosquito, an insect’s power to ruin a meal, a mood, or your whole summer is immense. But there’s hope yet ...