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Safer Home Indoor Plug-In Fly Traps $18 $13 More than 5,000 shoppers have added this plug-in fly trap to their cart in the last month and that’s because with seed season, unfortunately, comes gnat season.
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Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Mar. 2024
Discoloration, sticky leaves, webbing, or small gnats hiding in the soil are all signs to pass on the plant.
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 20 Mar. 2024
From the dry cleaner’s to the stationery store, from Zabar’s to Barney Greengrass, Chloe pursues the siblings, as pesky and insistent as a gnat.
—The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2024
The trap starts working immediately to attract, trap, and kill flies, fruit flies, moths, and gnats, protecting rooms up to 600 square feet.
—Rachel Ahrnsen, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2023
Find it on Amazon An Indoor Fly Trap That Doesn’t Have to Hide
This Indoor Fly Trap lures in flies, fruit flies, moths, gnats, and more with ruthless efficiency.
—Kathy Barr, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2023
The main concern is infections from a category of viruses called arboviruses, which are viruses transmitted to humans from arthropods—mostly insects such as fleas, ticks, gnats, and mosquitoes.
—Larry Brilliant, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022
Just pop the trap right in the soil like a stake, and wait for gnats to be attracted to the bright yellow sticky trap.
—Helen Bradshaw, Popular Science, 9 Nov. 2023
Price at time of publish: $18 Product Details: Type: Light trap | Quantity: One | Indoor/Outdoor: Indoor | Target Species: Flies, fruit flies, drain flies, moths, and gnats
The Rescue!
—Rachel Ahrnsen, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2023
Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Mar. 2024
Discoloration, sticky leaves, webbing, or small gnats hiding in the soil are all signs to pass on the plant.
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 20 Mar. 2024
From the dry cleaner’s to the stationery store, from Zabar’s to Barney Greengrass, Chloe pursues the siblings, as pesky and insistent as a gnat.
—The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2024
The trap starts working immediately to attract, trap, and kill flies, fruit flies, moths, and gnats, protecting rooms up to 600 square feet.
—Rachel Ahrnsen, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2023
Find it on Amazon An Indoor Fly Trap That Doesn’t Have to Hide
This Indoor Fly Trap lures in flies, fruit flies, moths, gnats, and more with ruthless efficiency.
—Kathy Barr, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2023
The main concern is infections from a category of viruses called arboviruses, which are viruses transmitted to humans from arthropods—mostly insects such as fleas, ticks, gnats, and mosquitoes.
—Larry Brilliant, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022
Just pop the trap right in the soil like a stake, and wait for gnats to be attracted to the bright yellow sticky trap.
—Helen Bradshaw, Popular Science, 9 Nov. 2023
Price at time of publish: $18 Product Details: Type: Light trap | Quantity: One | Indoor/Outdoor: Indoor | Target Species: Flies, fruit flies, drain flies, moths, and gnats
The Rescue!
—Rachel Ahrnsen, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2023
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“Gnat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gnat. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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gnat
noun
: any of various small usually biting two-winged flies
Medical Definition
gnat
noun
: any of various small usually biting dipteran flies (as a midge or blackfly)
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