A: This phenomenon is called alternate-year bearing and is very common in fruit trees. In non-bearing years, the tree tends ...

Fungus Gnats, a bug with a less-than-appealing name, are paying one ABC13 viewer a visit. Hundreds of the larvae form ...

The eggs can hatch quickly, sometimes in less than a week. When gnat eggs hatch, they produce larvae, which look like worms and don't have heads, wings, eyes, or a visible head. They have two ...

In big-enough outbreaks, fungus-gnat larvae can feed on root hairs or the base of stems, causing plant symptoms such as wilting, stunted growth, and yellowing. University of Georgia research has ...

Placing the plant in a dish filled with water allows its roots to soak up the moisture and keep your plant hydrated, without wetting the soil up top, where gnat larvae tend to live. However, it’s ...

The larvae of fungus gnats live in the soil where they feed on fungi and organic matter, but they also eat plant roots. The larvae are thin maggots, with a shiny black head and long, whitish-to ...

Dark-winged fungus gnat larvae are seen in the soil in this file photo. These are common pests that damage plant roots and tend to thrive among potted houseplants. Tomasz Klejdysz Getty Images ...

“These gnats come in on fruit that we purchase. The larvae is on the fruit, and when you have a piece of fruit that goes bad or rots, those hatch and make a colony.” The second most common ...

Fungus gnats are a common pest for houseplant owners, but there are ways to get rid of them and stop them from coming back. A ...

A newfound species of fungus gnat is behind Alaska's "snake worm" mystery, in which thousands of fly larvae moved together in the shape of a snake. When you purchase through links on our site ...

Now, Sikes and a team of researchers have identified the larvae as a new species of gnat: Sciara serpens, or the snakeworm gnat, according to a study published Dec. 30 in Integrative Systematics ...