A beach day is a rite of passage during the summer months. While it’s wonderful to lie out in the sun with a cold beverage and a new book, or cool off in the ocean, beaches come with some surprising ...

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, and have hairy, brownish-gray wings. ... Washing the area with soap and water can reduce the risk of infection. Biting midges.

The CDC finds that leishmaniasis, a skin disease spread by sand flies, is spreading at low levels in the southern U.S. It was previously considered a tropical disease only be acquired abroad.

Lying out in the sand in the Myrtle Beach area, you might also get bites from no-see-ums, also called biting midges and sand fleas, and horse flies.

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.