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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

The sun was scorching hot, and near her ear a gnat whined.

From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit

“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 plant uses a musky odor to lure fungus gnats that usually feed and lay their eggs on mushrooms into their cup-shaped flowers.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 19, 2024

There’d been too much rain, though, and the gnats and mosquitoes were worse by the water.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez