Eye Gnats - U.S. National Park Service
Eye gnats are small flies, 1/16 to 1/8 inch long, with shiny black or gray bodies and yellow to orange-brown legs. The adult female will persistently attempt to feed around eyes and wounds, helping to distinguish eye gnats from other small flies …
Eye Gnats Management Guidelines--UC IPM - ucanr.edu
Eye gnats are small flies, 1/16 to 1/8 inch long, with shiny black or gray bodies and yellow to orange-brown legs. Eye gnat wings have reduced wing venation and lack colored spots or patterning.
eye gnats - Liohippelates spp. - Entomology and Nematology …
Extremely large aggregations of eye gnats are common in areas that have loose sandy soils, especially in the southern United States. These high concentrations of flies are a great nuisance to humans and animals in rural towns as well as agricultural, recreational and tourist areas.
Can Eye Gnats Cause Infection? - Review of Optometry
2010年4月15日 · Eye gnats (Hippelates spp.) are actually small flies—about 1/16 to 1/8 inch in length—with clear wings. Their bodies range from shiny black to dull gray, with yellow, orange, or dark brown and orange legs.
2012年5月24日 · Eye gnats are tiny flying insects that breed in a variety of settings from wilderness areas to irrigated agriculture in the warmer climates of the United States.
Eye Gnats - Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District
Eye gnats do not bite. They swarm around the head with an annoying persistence, darting at the eyes, mouth, nose, or wounds of humans or other animals. Their labium contains a spine that helps introduce pathogenic organisms to the eye.
Eye Gnat (Liohippelates, Diptera: Chloropidae) Biology, Ecology, …
2022年7月11日 · Eye gnats (mainly Liohippelates pusio and Liohippelates collusor) are pest species that have been the subject of considerable research and extension activity in the United States since the 1930s. They cause considerable discomfort and stress—and may transmit pathogens—to humans and animals.
Eye Gnats - Discover Lewis & Clark
Eye gnats are born from eggs deposited in soil that is rich with decaying vegetation or manure. Thus they qualify as members of the large insect population known as “filth flies” which, incidentally, includes the common house fly ( Musca domestica Linnaeus).
Hippelates - Wikipedia
Hippelates is a genus of flies in the family Chloropidae and are often referred to as eye gnats or eye flies (the name is also used for members of the Old World genus Siphunculina).
Chloropidae - Wikipedia
Some species in the genera Hippelates and Siphunculina (S. funicola being quite well known in Asia) are called eye gnats or eye flies for their habit of being attracted to eyes. They feed on lachrymal secretions and other body fluids of various animals, including humans, and are of medical significance.