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Gnats?

Discussion in 'Pets Corner' started by Ricky187, Mar 20, 2022.

  1. Ricky187

    Ricky187 Apprentice Gardener

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    Hi All,

    We have hundreds of little flys swarming around the garden of our new home. Are they likely to be fungus gnats? Perhaps a little difficult to see but all of the little specs in the photo are the flies. They seem to come and go but are usually always clustered together.

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    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Probably just Gnats, they do that.
    You do seem to have a lot, do you have any standing water around.
     
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      With the warm sunny weather they could be Midges or similar, are they biting you ?
       
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        Gosh that's a lot!!:yikes:
         
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          We do have a water feature that I'm going to clean out over the weekend.

          No they don't bite, they're just a big nuisance and putting us off having a bbq until we can resolve the issue. I'm thinking they're gnats so I'll put an apple cider vineger trap out there and see how we get on.
           
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