Fungus gnats are a common pest among houseplants. These small flies tend to go unnoticed at first, slowly building their populations by laying eggs on the soil of our container plants. Their ...

This insidious little creature’s larva love to inhabit overly wet soils. Their larval feeding habits can damage plant roots, ...

the annoying fungus gnat.There are four developmental stages in the life cycle of a fungus gnat: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Eggs can be brought indoors in ...

However, in one species, a fungus gnat can not only sometimes escape from the trap, but also lays its eggs into the plant and has its larvae feed on the decaying flowers. This “likely represents ...

Caption The flower of Arisaema thunbergii uses a musky odor to lure fungus gnats that usually feed and lay their eggs on mushrooms into their cup-shaped flowers. The insects can escape from the ...

Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Close-up of a fungus gnat (left) and yellow sticky trap catching fungus gnats (right) Q • I recently got a few new plants ...