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

These little black beasts can be infuriating, but luckily it's not terribly hard to evict them from your home. Here's how.

Another common way to deter flies, particularly small ones like fruit flies, is to make a homemade trap. You can do this by ...

The warm summer months bring sunshine, outdoor activities, and, unfortunately, an unwelcome invasion of gnats and fruit flies. These tiny flying insects might be small in size, but they create much ...

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Biting midges will also bite pets and are known by names such as “no-see-ums” or “punkies.” Black flies lay eggs in flowing ...

Dealing with an abundance of gnats outside your home can be a major annoyance. While gnats play important roles in nature, ...

Outdoor gnats in high numbers can be a nuisance and damage your plants. Here’s how to control them so you can enjoy your time outside.

Hodges suggests placing chunks of raw potato in infested plant pots, with the non-peeled side facing down. “The gnat larvae like to eat potatoes, so they’ll move from the soil to the potato, and you ...

Whenever fruit flies invade my kitchen, I think of my grandmother (stay with me here). My grandmother grew up during the Great Depression, and she was frugal to a fault. There are plenty of things she ...

To get rid of fungus gnats (again, so gross), you need to kill the problem at the root (pun not intended) — you need to destroy the foundation. Fungus gnats lay eggs in your plant's soil, and there ...