- Author: Kamille Hammerstrom
Published on: October 1, 2017
Fungus gnats have started making an appearance in my home. Not huge numbers, but enough to be noticeable. Fungus gnats are small flies that lay eggs in moist organic material such as potting soil or compost. They look sort of like mosquitoes and are usually between 1/8 and 1/16 of an inch long. You may mistake them for fruit flies but fruit flies look a little beefier and also are better fliers than fungus gnats. Fungus gnats are attracted to light, so you may see them near windows but they usually hang out on leaves of houseplants or on the soil in your houseplant pots. They lay eggs in the soil and the larvae burrow into the soil and feed on root hairs and other organic material in the soil. Usually they're just a nuisance in the...
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