Gnat

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A gnat is any of many species of tiny flying insects in the dipterid suborder Nematocera, especially those in the families Mycetophilidae, Anisopodidae and Sciaridae. T hey can be both biting and non-biting. Most often they fly in large numbers, called clouds. “Gnat” is a loose descriptive category rather than a phylogenetic or other technical term, so there is no scientific consensus on what constitutes a gnat,More info:wiki

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#10 Mosquitoes vs. Gnats – How to Tell these Insects Apart,More info:fightbugs

So you’ve either got a Mosquito problem or a gnat problem. While these insects may look very similar, their feeding habits and their bites are actually quite different. In this article, we examine the differences between the two, by looking at each insect. You’ll learn how to identify each of them, as well as what to expect when bitten by either. Read on to find out how you can tell them apart.

Comparing mosquitoes vs. gnats to figure out which one you’ve got a problem with? Since they belong to the same suborder, gnats and mosquitoes have many similarities, including the way they look. This leads many people to mistakenly switch their identities from time to time.

#9 Martin Cooper Window Gnat,More info:flickr

#8 Surprising exotic flies in the backyard: New gnat species from Museum Koenig’s garden,More info:eurekalert

Little did scientists Kai Heller and Björn Rulik expect to discover a new species in Germany’s Alexander Koenig Museum’s garden upon placing a malaise trap for testing purposes. Not only did an unknown and strikingly coloured gnat get caught, but it turned out to be a species, which showed to have much more in common with its relatives from New Zealand. Their study is published in the open access Biodiversity Data Journal (BDJ).

While the genus, which the new dark-winged fungus gnat species belongs to, likely originates from the Australasian region, it was so far represented by only three species in Europe. None of them, however, stands out with the contrasting colouration of the presently announced fourth one.