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| Poor sheep ... |
They spoilt quite some holidays and now even fieldwork. Midges, Knott, Simuliidae… These annoying small friends can be found all around Europe. They form grey clouds and annoy cattle, tourist and hydrologist biting and sucking blood from them. The bites itches like hell and in worst case strange diseases are transmitted. So if you have a blue tongue...
The only remedy against these small creatures is high concentrated DEET, wind or simply RUN...
Respect to our PhD colleagues in Aberdeen who are able to do fieldwork in these harsh environments.
More stuff to read: Article from the NYtimes
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| from: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/07/science/07midgew.html |