If I may, what continent are you on?
I moved from Africa with its noisy mosquitoes to Canada where the mosquitoes are silent but the bites are violent.
I moved from Africa with its noisy mosquitoes to Canada where the mosquitoes are silent but the bites are violent.
Where I live in Turkey has too much of them especially on warmer seasons and humid weather, sometimes making it unbearable to just sit outside without getting constantly bitten or hearing their irritating sound.
But they do thrive very, very well in places with permeable soil. Scotland has its peat bogs (for those unfamiliar with the country: in some regions, basically all ground is peat). In the past, the country experienced freezing temperatures during most winters. But with global warming, that's no longer true. The freezes would kill many midges. Now, you can encounter hellish swarms of the little beasts.
Scotland isn't the worst, though. I've read that in Siberia, during the summer months, biting flies swarm so thickly that they can kill. Cattle have been found suffocated, their nostrils completely clogged with flies, and some of the local tribes traditionally went into tents and just waited out the swarms for a few weeks or months. Here's a fun little video: https://englishrussia.com/2015/09/01/mosquitos-and-insects-i...
Correct, in Costa Rican Spanish they are called purrujas.