Why do gnats only bite head and neck and not arms

[Turtlebait]

WHERE else do you think it would be easy to get blood from the body,poor tender ears with hot blood just a nip away.

[tenncrappie]

Best deterant is a fine cigar. Works everytime.

[rocket rich]

now that's bad news , yak yak yak

[fishwalton]

olduckhunter, I can believe that. I lived in Melbourne, FL in the mid-50's and mosquitos were so bad on the cattle ranches there were reports of cows going mad from so many bites and some actually suffocating from nosterals being blocked. I don't know abou tthe suffocating thing, but I can sure believe about them going mad. We had a very heavy mosquito control program with fogging trucks almost every night when they were bad.

[olduckhunter]

fish, the mosquitoes are pretty bad down there at night or were when we would go down during the winter to moore haven on okeechobee. you couldn't sit out at night for them.

[MEATGETTER]

your lucky if they dont bite your arms they love mine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[fishwalton]

Since we are talking about aggravating insects let me include yellow fly's and dog fly's. These things can drive you off the water back to the safety of the car. Some people actually get infected from dog fly bites. They take a hunk of meat.

The yellow flyies are just starting here in the Fla. Panhandle. Last Friday I used 40% Deet which works only fair. I need to get some 100% but you have to order it, it's not available in local stores. Forestry Supply outfits online have it.

[Gomer Snerd]

You guys don't know skeeters. Back when I was a young lad growing up in Greenfield at night the mosquitoes would come out and land on the trees and bark. To top to that a good many to them would weigh a pound.

[fishwalton]

LOL...............You sure got us with that one..... Barking skeeters!!! Since they are so big I bet they would make good fish bait.....