...45, that the insects by which the Egyptians were tormented"devoured them," so that here are two peculiarities inapplicable tothe domestic fly, but strongly characteristic of gnats andmosquitoes...
J. Emerson Tennent 「Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon」
...Theywere about twenty in number, and were dancing to andfro, exactly in the manner of gnats, or as Hepioli play atthe side of a wood...
Clarence M. Weed 「Butterflies Worth Knowing」
...Their bites appear to be poisonous, and in seasons especially favorableto the gnats heavy losses of horses and cattle often occur...
U.S. Department of Agriculture 「Special Report on Diseases of Cattle」
...Buffalo gnats are more troublesome in bright, sunny weather than when it iscloudy, and animals which have not shed their winter coats suffer more fromtheir attacks than those with smooth coats...
U.S. Department of Agriculture 「Special Report on Diseases of Cattle」
...A few occasionallyremain with us all the year, feeding on winter gnats and the pupæof small insects, but remaining wholly silent...
Rev. C. A. Johns 「British Birds in their Haunts」
...Here,too, the stray Swallow would be found; but in dark stormy weatherthe gnats and the Swallow would stay at home, and the ornithologistwould have little temptation to do otherwise...
Rev. C. A. Johns 「British Birds in their Haunts」
...Culicifuge: any preparation for driving away gnats ormosquitoes...
John. B. Smith 「Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology」
...These kinds of gnats are usually seenearly in spring hovering in swarms in mid air...
Alpheus Spring Packard 「Our Common Insects」
...Various Gnats, of humble size, but very likelyterribly treacherous, haunt the foliage of the asparagus...
Jean Henri Fabre Alexander Teixeira de Mattos 「The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles」
...They seem to come in swarms and I think they usually come where thereare ponds or marshes, for in such places there are many gnats andmosquitoes...
Margaret Warner Morley 「The Insect Folk」
...Lest they should find themselves walled in when they become frail Gnats, they go away and disperse in the neighbourhood of the ascending shaft...
J. Henri Fabre 「Bramble-bees and Others」
...The truth is, that his game, which consisted of gnats and other small insects, was abundant just at that spot, and a very hearty supper he made that evening...
George E. Waring 「The Squirrels and other animals」
...In this way, too, he rids himself of the biting gnats and stinging mosquitoes that swarm there; and also cools his blood, fevered by parasites, larvae, and the hot sun...
Mayne Reid 「The Hunters' Feast」
...Mosquitoes and gnats they hunted every moment,devouring them in such countless numbers as to merit the gratitude ofevery creature that calls the mosquito its foe...
Charles G. D. Roberts 「The Watchers of the Trails」
...But one day, one late, rose-amber afternoon, when the gnats weredancing over the glassy creek, he was startled out of this confidence...
Charles G. D. Roberts 「The Watchers of the Trails」
...The stumps of the brooms and embersfrom the fire are preserved and stuck in cabbage gardens to protectthe cabbages from caterpillars and gnats...
Sir James George Frazer 「The Golden Bough」
...The hum of gnats arose,the bat flew in circling whirls over the tents, horns soundedfrom all quarters, the sun had set, the sabbath hadcommenced...
E. Walter Maunder 「The Astronomy of the Bible」
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