Sand flies are a fourth of the size of mosquitoes and do not need standing water to breed. The World Health Organization estimates that leishmania parasites infect up to a million each year.

Sand flies are a fourth of the size of mosquitoes and do not need standing water to breed. The World Health Organization estimates that leishmania parasites infect up to a million each year.

Sand flies are about 1/8 of an inch long ... swamps, or other bodies of water. The larvae resemble maggots. Deer fly bites are painful, and will cause red bumps or welts. They transmit a rare ...

Kind of the same situation with the no-see-ums, they reproduce in just about any kind of shallow standing water ... as a no-see-um, sand flea, sand gnat or sand fly. Island Packet If you ...