DEP monitors and treats 48 rivers and streams spanning more than 1,800 miles for black flies, also knows as gnats.

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

Starting this month, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will begin treatments for some area creeks and rivers for black fly, otherwise known as a gnat. Helicopters will spray ...

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

Black flies are gnat-sized — much smaller than house flies. They like to swarm human heads and aren’t dismayed or dispersed by swatting. They get in your ears and eyes, and sometimes bite.