Eye Gnats, Grass Flies, Eye Flies, Fruit Flies Liohippelates spp. (Insecta: Diptera: Chloropidae)

Eye Gnats, Grass Flies, Eye Flies, Fruit Flies Liohippelates spp. (Insecta: Diptera: Chloropidae)

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High concentrations of eye gnats are common in areas read more that have loose sandy soils, especially in the southern United States, and are a great nuisance to humans and animals in rural towns as well as agricultural, recreational, and tourist areas.While they do not bite, they can transmit several diseases to humans and livestock, including human acute conjunctivitis (pink eye).This 6-page fact sheet focuses broadly on two species that are common in the southeastern click here region of the United States, L.pusio and L.bishoppi (Sabrosky).

Written by Erika Machtinger and Phillip E.Kaufman and published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, April 2011.EENY485/IN884: Eye Gnats, Grass Flies, Eye Flies, Frit Flies Liohippelates spp.(Insecta: Diptera: Chloropidae) (ufl.edu).