Where Do Gnats Come From

[cecil39]

ok, silly question time, I have seen over the past week clouds of what I call gnats, but are they gnats? they form clouds and dart around about a foot from the ground, on sunny days (don't seem to matter how cold it is) do these things overwinter somewhere? they are so tiny, I don't know how they would survive in such cold weather.

[factor-fiction]

I read this as 'goats' in the Latest Posts box

[Psybbo]

So did I factor, and wondered if Tony was around

[factor-fiction]

Evening Psybbo.
Sorry, cecil.

[society]

Tiny bugs that you can't see before they are inches in front of you are called gnats. Gnats seem to find their way into your home and are attracted by rotting food and moisture. Some come into your home on fruit that you have purchased, others gnats come through openings in your house such as doors and cracks. http://tinyurl.com/cwkzkxh * http://tinyurl.com/bswefxj

[Psybbo]

Evening Factor and cecil

[society]

lol @ "and wondered if Tony was around "

[cecil39]

thanks everyone, they have'nt got indoors yet, but I just wondered where they came from all of a sudden, now I know.

[Chipchopper]

I think they must emerge from larvae from stagnant water, over-wintering in a pond maybe ?.

I've sometimes noticed them hovering in a small cloud above a drain cover.

What amazes me, is that they never seem to get knocked down by rain drops!. I think it's the air pressure around a rain drop that pushes the gnat out of the way, rather than the gnat dodging the drop.