Originally Posted by
FBinNY
+1, I'm not sure how bad the beaches up here are w/regard to sand flies, but if I had to name the most annoying insect, these would be on the short list, if not a the top.
Absolutely vicious, and apparently fresh meat is a special event on the beach so the entire extend family comes out to partake in the festivities.
We got chewed to bits by something that was probably sandflies the first couple days when we were in Japan. Mosquitoes are attracted to my ankles and I get quite large lumps from their bites, but whatever it was in Japan was much worse! Happily we found an ointment that seemed to help and we selected that ointment entirely based on the picture on the tube ... it seemed to be the appropriate thing for the job!