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Old November 5th, 2005, 02:49 AM
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Default Are sandflies the same thing as midges?


"Dan Stephenson" wrote in message
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Hi, I'm going to New Zealand for two weeks from 3-19 March. I just
bought my Lonely Planet guidebook today, and one of the first things I
noticed in leafing through it are mentions of sandflies. They sound
like the midges I've encountered in Scotland and Ireland.

Are they the same thing? and, is summertime over enough by 3 March for
them to all have died off?

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Sandflies are midges on steroids. Pesty little buggars.

Usually not that much of an issue if you use REPEL or RID or someform of
insect repelants.

They are only a bad problem around weed areas of the beach and places where
theres plenty of food for them.