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Florida, unfortunately, is home not only for abundant mosquitoes, but also for minute biting insects known locally as "sandflies" (elsewhere as "no-see-ums"or "punkies"), although the more correct name is"biting midges.
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edis.ifas.ufl.edu/mg102
edis.ifas.ufl.edu/mg102
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Seriously, some of the pesky flying insects that you will encounter in Florida are no laughing matter, so we're arming you with the information you need to do battle against these armies of insect intruders. ... Mosquitoes have visual sensors that can easily see contrasts and movement.
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goflorida.about.com/cs/planningyourtrip/a/bugs.htm
goflorida.about.com/cs/planningyourtrip/a/bugs.htm
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When we first moved into our home surrounded by woods, we had BUGS everywhere. I had to clean and repaint the pool door area because the dead bugs had collected so badly. Then we did some things that have completely solved the problem. We r...
http://www.city-data.com/forum/florida/106670-whats-tri...
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Ceratopogonidae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ceratopogonidae , or biting midges (including what are called, in the United States, no-see-ums , midgies , sand flies , punkies , and others), are a family of small flies (1–4 mm long) in ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceratopogonidae
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Sandfly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sandfly (or sand fly ) is a colloquial name for any species or genus of flying, biting, blood-sucking Dipteran encountered in sandy areas. In the United States, sandfly may refer to certain horse...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandfly
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No-see-ums are not nearly so reticent, plus they are imbued with super powers that not only allow them to fly through window screens but also give them the biting power of a mid-sized Tyrannosaurus rex. ... (If you read through a Florida newspaper's police briefs, you will find many examples of no-see-um-related brain damage,
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www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090614/COLUMNIST/906141...
www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090614/COLUMNIST/906141012?Title=A-curse-too-small-to-see
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Biting Midges,""no-see-ums," "punkies," or "sand flies" - They are very small flies (about 1/25-1/10) inch long whose small but bladelike mouthparts make a painful wound out of proportion to its tiny size. Welts and lesions from the bite may last for days.
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ttowery.tripod.com/noseeums.htm
ttowery.tripod.com/noseeums.htm
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No-see-ums can cause a serious infection, leishmaniasis. ... Instead, they found Guanaja's no-see-ums an all-night, all-day plague. No-see-ums ruined a lunch-time beach picnic where Lipman received several hundred bites and finally evacuated to the water to escape the pests.
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www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/articles/NoCM200001.shtml
www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/articles/NoCM200001.shtml
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Many species of the no see um are found in Alaska, Florida, ... I heard that no-see-ums are less than 1/4 inch (0.6 cm) long. Pretty tiny! Also, my trick for getting around the drive to itch bites: take your fingernail and press into the bite to make a indentation. Continue to do this until you've made a criss cross over it.
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www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-no-see-um.htm
www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-no-see-um.htm
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