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  2. Ceratopogonidae - Wikipedia

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    Ceratopogonidae is a family of flies commonly known as no-see-ums, or biting midges, generally 1–3 millimetres (1 ⁄ 16 – 1 ⁄ 8 in) in length. The family includes more than 5,000 species, [ 2 ] distributed worldwide, apart from the Antarctic and the Arctic .

  3. Gnat - Wikipedia

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    Black fly (Simuliidae) and biting midges (Ceratopogonidae), also belonging to the gnat category, are small, sometimes barely visible, blood-sucking flies commonly known in many areas as biting gnats, sand flies, punkies or "no-see-ums", among other names. [4] [5]

  4. Midge - Wikipedia

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    Midges are found (seasonally or otherwise) on practically every land area outside permanently arid deserts and the frigid zones. Some midges, such as many Phlebotominae (sand fly) and Simuliidae (black fly), are vectors of various diseases. Many others play useful roles as prey for insectivores, such as various frogs and swallows.

  5. No-see-ums are back in SC to snack on you. Here are 5 ... - AOL

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    Those pesky no-see-ums have returned to South Carolina this spring to snack on folks. Here are ways to keep them at bay.

  6. Avoid being a snack for irritating SC no-see-ums this ... - AOL

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    When you get bit, this is only by female no-see-ums as they use the blood to nourish their eggs, which can be well into the hundreds within a single batch. Avoid being a snack for irritating SC no ...

  7. Sandfly - Wikipedia

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    Sandfly or sand fly is a colloquial name for any species or genus of flying, biting, blood-sucking dipteran (fly) encountered in sandy areas. In the United States, sandfly may refer to certain horse flies that are also known as "greenheads" (family Tabanidae), or to members of the family Ceratopogonidae.

  8. No-see-ums - Wikipedia

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    Pages for logged out editors learn more. Contributions; Talk; No-see-ums

  9. Leptoconops torrens - Wikipedia

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    Leptoconops torrens (commonly known as the biting midge fly) is a species of small biting flies in the no-see-um family Ceratopogonidae. [1] They were first mentioned in writing by Charles Henry Tyler Townsend in 1893. [2] The name Leptoconops carteri is a junior synonym of L. torrens. [3]