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Originally Posted by epitome
What are no-see-ums? Never heard of them.
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You're in Florida and you don't know what a no-see-um is? You are one lucky fucker then.. lol
They are "Biting midges", so small that you cannot see them.. hence the nickname no-see-ums.
They can make it through screens, and they typically stay low to the ground as they are so tiny/light that any breeze would wisk them away.
But they will tear the shit out of your ankles and legs (higher with no breeze).
Their bites are fierce and you usually get a shitload of bites not just a random one here and there as they tend to swarm.
Some people get a red spots (for every bite) that are up to 2 inches wide.
(not me, but they still itch like a motherfucker).
For some reason, they seem kinda seasonal to me.. not sure if they are or not.. but they typically are the worst around dusk.
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Originally Posted by ilnjscb
NO-SEE-UMS!! Do they have those outside of the Carolinas coast? Those things are bad ass - good luck swatting what you can't see.
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I am not sure.. (They are common here in Florida..)
I do know that the Carolina Coasts have a ton of those sand fleas which are equally as nasty, maybe worse bite-pain-wise.. (those sand fleas are down here too.. but I think they might be more common in the Carolinas.. but hey I am no entomologist lol..)
Edit: actually i just "Binged" it and i guess sand fleas are no-see-ums.. as no-see-ums are a generalized categorization of like 4-5 species of small biting flies..