Black flies are very tiny, blood-sucking flies in the insect family Simuliidae. Contrary to their name, black flies may be ...

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while gnats are typically smaller, measuring at about an eighth of an inch, said Faulkner. Fruit flies and drain flies also tend to range between tan and black, and drain flies have hairy-looking ...

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.