"Dan Stephenson" wrote in message
news:041120051902069945%stephedanospam@mac.com...
> 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?
>
> RSVP, please post,
>
> --
> Dan Stephenson
> Photos and movies from US Parks and all over Europe:
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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.
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