How to Use fungus gnat in a Sentence

fungus gnat

noun

• The life cycle of the fungus gnat is 18 days from egg to egg.
  — oregonlive, 18 Dec. 2022
• Three of the most common types of gnats found in homes are fungus gnats, fruit flies and drain flies.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 12 Mar. 2023
• Most fungus gnats live and feed on mushrooms, and some of them build sticky webs to trap edible spores.
  — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2017
• At one point there was a fungus gnat corpse in every single one of their sticky little mouths.
  — Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2021
• The second bug, a fungus gnat, survives the winter by allowing half of its body to freeze.
  — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Feb. 2022
• Container and houseplants Avoid fungus gnats by adding a layer of small gravel over the soil surface.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2023
• Although tiny fungus gnat adults are more of a nuisance than a pest, the immature stage (larvae) feeds on plant roots and can cause growth problems, especially on young plants.
  — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Dec. 2021
• Two rare fungus gnats were found in Scotland, and two monarch-butterfly activists were murdered in Mexico.
  — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2020
• But in temperate regions like Australia and New Zealand, where prey are scarcer, fungus gnats would have needed a way of attracting their victims.
  — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2017
• Pests controlled: Yellow traps attract whiteflies, fruit flies, male winged scales, leafhoppers, fungus gnats, midges, male winged mealybugs and leafminers, thrips, psyllids, and winged aphids.
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 18 Dec. 2017
• Amazon reviewers also swear by these Sticky Stakes ($7, amazon.com), which trap adult fungus gnats and other insects plaguing your houseplants.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 8 May 2018
• Amazon reviewers also swear by these Sticky Stakes ($6, amazon.com), which trap adult fungus gnats and other insects plaguing your houseplants.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 27 Oct. 2017
• Mosquito bits are little pellets that contain a bacteria that’s toxic to fungus gnat and mosquito larvae.
  — Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2021
• A number of land creatures make light from chemicals, including various fungi, earthworms, millipedes and fungus gnats, Lewis writes.
  — Madeline Bodin, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2023

Last Updated: 2 Dec 2024