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I think they were a little more abundant in the last few years with all the rain '04, '05, '06, but still somewhat tolerable,this year it's been dry, usually only have to deal with em after dark, dusk and or dawn. For some reason I don't seem to react to the bite, unless I itch the heck out of it, usually forget about them, still hate them just the same. Apparently it's an allergic reaction to their saliva that makes one itch and the bite swell. Also, I think they hone in on carbon dioxide, like when you exhale, supposed to have an ability to detect it a long ways, could be wrong though. I have seen them come out of heavily irrigated lush grass lawns though, heavy concentrations of them, during daylight hours. We have a 20 something acre pond that was once mostly marsh, in the 70's we had those electric bug zappers, we were a dealer of them, and when that area was more of a marsh, they were a lot more significant, beaver dam took care of that, state road is on one side so they put sheet piling in and can control the level now, open water, creek fed, think it made a big difference in the mosquito population. The ones I cannot deal with are those gnats, black flies or whatever they are, it's been a great dry summer, and even with below zero with no snow last winter, they were late this year, but sometimes you have to wear a no see um net, which is a pain when sweating from hard work, other wise they get in your eyes, ears and nose, also bite hard but don't leave a mark. These are by far worse than mosquitos, but they don't like the direct sun, usually safe when it's sunny, but if warm and cloudy, forget it, they can shut you down quick, they also seem to flock to the LPG powered tractor, I think it's the odor in the fuel, before or after it's burned, who knows, they swarm the tractor sometimes. Those flies that circle your head came and went, just put your hand on your head, wait til it lands, lower your hand slowly and swat, I can deal with them, but they always get you when your hands are full, Annoying Insect 101 in NY LOL !
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