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  2. Biting flies are out in the Myrtle Beach area. Why now & how ...

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    Can you prevent bites? ... Pictured is a biting midge, what is known as a no-see-um, sand flea, sand gnat or sand fly. Island Packet. If you get bitten. The good news is, unless you have an ...

  3. 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 .

  4. Pappataci fever - Wikipedia

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    Pappataci fever (also known as phlebotomus fever and, somewhat confusingly, sandfly fever and three-day fever) is a vector-borne febrile arboviral infection caused by three serotypes of Phlebovirus. It occurs in subtropical regions of the Eastern Hemisphere .

  5. Cutaneous leishmaniasis - Wikipedia

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    The sand fly stings mainly at night, and it usually occurs about half a meter above the ground (so sleeping on high beds can prevent infection). To avoid stinging, apply mosquito repellent, and cover the body. [citation needed] Studies conducted in recent years show that the plant Bougainvillea glabra may protect against the sand fly. The plant ...

  6. Fact check: Are sand fleas biting you on the Myrtle ... - AOL

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    Staying on a beach towel can help you avoid getting pinched by the cretaceous sand fleas, as they live in the sand. No-see-ums are most common from March through May and, due to their small size ...

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  8. Phlebotominae - Wikipedia

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    The Phlebotominae are a subfamily of the family Psychodidae.In several countries, their common name is sandfly, but that name is also applied to other flies.The Phlebotominae include many genera of blood-feeding (hematophagous) flies, including the primary vectors of leishmaniasis, bartonellosis and pappataci fever.

  9. Toscana phlebovirus - Wikipedia

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    The virus can be transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected sandfly of the genus Phlebotomus. [1] Toscana is not normally associated with disease, as indicated by high seroprevalence rates (up to 25%) in endemic areas, [ 2 ] but in common with other sandfly transmitted viruses such as Naples virus and Sicilian virus , infection may result ...