SOS HELP! What is this tiny fly that bites us?

[wendypeb]

HELP! Hi everyone we have a tiny flies that are driving us nuts , they are biting us and our pets, it is tiny and seems to like cloth I have cught some and will post picture if I can work out how to do it, is anyone else having similar probs. They seem to be in the house and anything cloth does anyone have any ideas please? They are definately not fleas or bed bugs as we have cecked for these, we live in rural location next to fields also sewage works not too far off either, are they sewage flies or something like that.:

[Action_Man]

Hi and welcome to the WAB forums.

Do they look anything the images in the link below ?.

Biting midges - Google Search

[JRsbugs]

Could be Blackflies, family Simuliidae.

Blackfly Picture Gallery

I saw one today on the Ivy, but I rarely see even one. Mine has big red eyes with a black body.

Janet

[wendypeb]

Hi all thanks for welcoming me to your WAB and for the replies, I am still trying to work out how to use everthing on here, I have managed to post picture of tiny flies that are biting us on Gallery. They don't look like midges but they do look quite like the blackfly I think, I will try to add pic on here now so you can see what they look like.

[JRsbugs]

The one on the right looks like a female mosquito, they need blood to develp thier eggs but males don't bite. I had one inside not long ago.

The other fly I can't say what it is as there as so many different flies, it's probably an ordinary muscid or house fly. There's a lot of fresh flies around now.

[wendypeb]

Hi again,
actually have just had another look at biting migdes and it might be them but I am not sure They leave little red bumps when they bite and I am sure they are breeding in the house even though I steam clean and vacume a lot.

[wendypeb]

thanks for that perhaps it is a mosi on right, would they live in in house though and get in our clothes do you think?

[wendypeb]

just thought, we do go through a ford at least twice a day in the car so this could be a clue, we could be bringing something in from there to the front of the house.

[JRsbugs]

"we live in rural location next to fields also sewage works not too far off either"

Mosquitos need water, or boggy soil to breed in. Mosquitoes are doing well here now, and you have the correct breeding grounds nearby. Some do end up in the house, and now is a good time for them to be appearing. If you leave windows open you could end up with more coming in, I think they could be attracted to light too.

[wendypeb]

yes thanks for that, must keep conservatory door shut and light off then so as not to become giant bug trap.