# How do I get rid of eye gants? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 6, 2000, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-eye-gants/24781 "2000-07-06T20:24:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PATC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@PATC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PATC)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2000, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-eye-gants/24781/1 "2000-07-06T20:24:41Z")
Hi All, I live in an area were is a large number of little black flies that try to fly into my eyes. The problem is worst when I try and mow the lawn. From some research it appears that these bugs are eye gnats. Now that I know what they are can anyone tell me how to get rid of them? I’ve read a few web pages, but there doesn’t seem to be an easy way to get rid of them. One recommended using yellow sticky cards and another urea. Frankly, I can’t pee over my entire lawn and I don’t think the neigbors/police/etc would approve. Any help is appreciated. thanks, Pat ---
**Author:** ![Minxsmom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Minxsmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minxsmom)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2000, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-eye-gants/24781/2 "2000-07-06T21:38:58Z")
You are getting urine and urea confused. Urea is a fertilizer. Urine is - well you know what that is 😉 Here’s a link to give you more info on urea [http://smallfry.dmu.ac.uk/chem/mom/urea/urea.html](http://smallfry.dmu.ac.uk/chem/mom/urea/urea.html) Sorry, I can’t help you with the gnats. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2000, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-eye-gants/24781/3 "2000-07-06T22:37:55Z")
Lol, Urea is also used in lotions for severely dry skin (I joke with my husband about my “Pee Lotion”). I don’t know how your friend wanted you to use the urea, but perhaps some of the lotion on your face? It’s pretty expensive though, (like $10 for a small tube) so you may want to try the fertilizer. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2000, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-eye-gants/24781/4 "2000-07-07T00:06:00Z")
May I suggest - sunglasses? ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2000, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-eye-gants/24781/5 "2000-07-07T03:14:19Z")
Oh, _gnats_. I was wondering what eye gants were. Squint more. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2000, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-eye-gants/24781/6 "2000-07-07T04:08:19Z")
Do as we do in South Georgia and blow them off your face. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2000, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-eye-gants/24781/7 "2000-07-07T05:15:37Z")
Where a baseball cap. Works for the softball team. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2000, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-eye-gants/24781/8 "2000-07-07T05:17:06Z")
Oh, jeezuz. Have to stop posting after 10. Of COURSE I meant wear. !@#%@#^ @#^ @#^@#^@# %^%&^&^\*. ---
**Author:** ![PATC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@PATC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PATC)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2000, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-eye-gants/24781/9 "2000-07-07T17:38:12Z")
Sorry about the mispelling on gnats. I have done the sunglasses, hat, and extend lower lip and blow flies away, but it’s not effective. They still fly under the hat and around the glasses into my eyes. I’d like to know if there is a chemical or natural predator that can erradicate this little sob’s without gassing my family or destroying the lawn ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2000, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-eye-gants/24781/10 "2000-07-08T00:35:09Z")
Cecil wrote about gnats. He said they swarm around like that because they are having a big mating orgy & when you put your hand through them, you are putting it into their big mating orgy. yep. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2000, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-eye-gants/24781/11 "2000-07-08T00:56:00Z")
How about goggles that seal to your face? Stylish and effective. ---
**Author:** ![PATC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@PATC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PATC)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2000, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-eye-gants/24781/12 "2000-07-14T15:52:47Z")
The gnats refered to in that article were a different kind "“gnat” is an imprecise term referring to several species of small flies, most often the fruit flies of the family Trypetidae. " from “Why do clouds of gnats always hover around a fixed point in mid-air?” Unfortunately, these gnats are from the family Chloropidae. On the goggles front, there are two problems with goggles:1. the neighbors would talk. 2. The temperature is high 80’s - 90’F so it would be a sweaty mess real quick.