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Food covers help protect food from flies and gnats in the great outdoors.
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Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2026
Blooming flowers will provide natural nectar sources, but hummingbirds primarily eat bugs, including an assortment of gnats, mosquitoes, crane flies, midges and spiders.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
The herby scent also repels flies, gnats, and some ticks.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2026
Inspectors noted gnats in a warewashing area in the establishment.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Apr. 2026
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Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2026
Blooming flowers will provide natural nectar sources, but hummingbirds primarily eat bugs, including an assortment of gnats, mosquitoes, crane flies, midges and spiders.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
The herby scent also repels flies, gnats, and some ticks.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2026
Inspectors noted gnats in a warewashing area in the establishment.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Apr. 2026
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“Gnat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gnat. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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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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