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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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.

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.