I don't get bothered too much by the insects. But I used to ride the hills between RT's 5 and 147. On Johnson Rd about a mile or so up the hill from RT 5. There is an old farmhouse(now vacant) on the right that some years ago had a little 3 legged dog that would come out and chase me and every other cyclist coming up that hill. The first time you would see him you would laugh. But that little SOB was fast! It was bad enough to struggle up that long hill, but to get "pwned" by a 3 legged dog at the top was a great motivator to train harder.