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The scans revealed three insects: a fungus gnat, a black fly, and an ancient ant.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2026

As in both earlier games in this series, the Thunder treated a Lakers lead like a pesky gnat, swatting it away with a casual flick as if it never existed.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2026

The novel opens by describing a local gnat infestation that seems to have spread to the writing, because all the words containing “nat” have been given a silent “g,” as in “extermignate” and “gnaturally.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026

The gnat does not attack the plant, its larvae feed on the feeder roots of the tree.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 10, 2023

"Well, don't follow me. I've no more idea than a gnat where I'm headin'." "Silence," whispered the prince, with a turn of his head.

From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman

“Moths, gnats, and God knows what else,” he’d said in the lead-up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

The summer humidity in Washington often attracts an unpleasant number of insects, and The Weather Channel is reporting that swarms of mosquitoes and gnats may find their way into the cage.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026

With no screens or cell phones to take our attention, we ‘worked’ outside in the back of a pickup under a shade tree with a big fan that kept the gnats away.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2025

The fungus gnats do not exclusively depend on A. thunbergii as a nursery and so the ones that get permanently trapped in the flower are deprived of further egg-laying opportunities elsewhere.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 19, 2024

Then and there, while the black gnats settled on their ears, by the plank bridge and the pouring waterfall, Blackberry and Fiver explained.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams