The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has started its annual black fly suppression program, monitoring and treating 48 rivers and streams spanning more than 1,800 miles. “As ...

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Also, go indoors and bring pets inside if there’s a swarm of biting flies such as black flies, says Swiger. Shelter livestock ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has begun its annual Black Fly Suppression Program. Black flies are gnat-sized — much smaller than house flies. They like to swarm human heads ...

Those range from yardwork to fishing, but each puts us in contact with black flies, also known as buffalo gnats. They are ...

The whippy action of a nimble fly rod makes anglers think they've got a tiger by the tail when it may only be a dink at the end of... Flip Putthoff is a staff photographer and outdoors reporter.

The Maryland Department of Agriculture is ramping up its black fly control program, especially in Washington County.