Ouch! Invisible bugs?

[Kittykath]

I know what mosquitos are. Pesky, biting PITAs that are practically Minnesota's state bird.

I camped in South Carolina last week, and I was constantly slapping at the unknown, annoying invisible biting things.

Are these what you call the no-see ums I read about here?

[pa_traveler]

I got real bit up when catching bait at hunting island,never will do that again without spraying first.

[wbwood]

Also referred to as sand gnat, sandflea, sandfly, no-see-um (no-see-em, noseeum), granny nipper, chitra, punkie, or punky

[creeper]

johnhicks wrote:
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Get some Avon Skin-So-Soft Bath Oil, just the plain old bath oil, and smear it on all exposed skin before you go outside. You'll smell pretty strange but it does work.

Don't bother they are both completely worthless. I've tried so many products for the no see-ems that didn't work it's ridiculous, including the above.

2 products I've had suggest with . 1st is cactus juice bug spray. Works okay. The 2nd and by far the best I've tried is Repel Lemon and Eucalyptus bug spray you can get at walmart.

[Pineapple_Kid]

We just returned from 2 months in Ireland and the North Atlantic side by the peat bogs are famous for Midges ( a slight variation on the bug discussed here )Anyway the Midges didn't seem to be able to get through the screens and the camping car vacuum would suck them up, Now in Labrador with the black flies we had no Electricity so we suffered, and the no see ums in Maine was also bad.
But I have to agree the chiggers we encountered in Maryland were the worst.
Happy RV ing moments we won't forget.
Aloha from Kauai
Leon

[2gypsies1]

tbred wrote:

2gypsies wrote:
Keep in mind, also, that no see ums can very easily come in through your screens if you keep a window open. They are worse than mosquitoes, deer flies and rattlesnakes!!

Can't possibly be worse than the Missouri chiggers! Chigger bites are the gift that keeps on giving- for weeks!

Ah yes...we lived in Missouri at one time. Now I remember!

[frankdamp]

Why would you visit an area where the insects and climate are so vicious? After 3 years residence in VA, I wouldn't go back to the east coast or the mid-West for all the tea in China!

Washington, Oregon, Northern California, maybe western Idaho and Colorado are my limits.

[tbred]

2gypsies wrote:
Keep in mind, also, that no see ums can very easily come in through your screens if you keep a window open. They are worse than mosquitoes, deer flies and rattlesnakes!!

Can't possibly be worse than the Missouri chiggers! Chigger bites are the gift that keeps on giving- for weeks!

[frankdamp]

The bugs in VA were the main reason we were so happy to move back to Washington after three years. The humidity and the 3 pm summer thunderstorms were secondary reasons.

[johnhicks]

One thing we learned in Wakulla County was that no-see-ums couldn't fly real high. So we persuaded our neighbor..our welding-shop neighbor..that he really did want to weld up a platform complete with seating about 40 feet high.

It worked a charm although descending after happy hours could be a problem.

The oddest thing is that he didn't live on the lot and only showed up a couple of times a year.

[johnhicks]

Second Chance, no I wasn't at Ft. Stewart...

You might say "the whites of their eyes"...or you might say "you can smell 'em comin."

[turbojimmy]

pappcam wrote:

Kittykath wrote:
On a military base, next to a small lake. Pretty sandy soil I noticed. Lots of pines. We were enjoying a nice, calm evening, until the darn things chased us in early! And the cockroaches!! Yikes! I've never seen them before either.

Cockroaches?? I would bet that they are just beetles.

Or "Palmetto Bugs", aka giant roaches. Hate those things.

[2gypsies1]

Keep in mind, also, that no see ums can very easily come in through your screens if you keep a window open. They are worse than mosquitoes, deer flies and rattlesnakes!!

[Second_Chance]

John,

You didn't spend any time with the 24th Infantry Division or at FT Stewart, did you? The Avon Skin-So-Soft was the repellent of choice and the joke was that the division went to the field smelling like a French bordello. I guess they couldn't get hold of an unscented version...

Rob

[lots2seeinmyrv]

Rolling Condo wrote:
Yep those are the notorious No See,um's. Also called Flying Teeth.

Yep...Flying Teeth!

Put a fan on outside and use Avon Skin-So-Soft Bug Guard Plus Expedition Insect Repellent Unscented