I was assigned to Loring AFB (northern Maine), and drove from Los Angeles in late April. My first weekend there I went fishing. I came home, and woke up in the middle of the night itching and my hand was swollen. I went to the base ER and they said "Another Black Fly victim. People who have never experienced them don’t understand how vicious these things are. If you go outside from April through October, you need to immerse yourself in something like DEET or Deep Woods Off.
I was assigned to Loring AFB (northern Maine), and drove from Los Angeles in late April. My first weekend there I went fishing. I came home, and woke up in the middle of the night itching and my hand was swollen. I went to the base ER and they said "Another Black Fly victim. People who have never experienced them don’t understand how vicious these things are. If you go outside from April through October, you need to immerse yourself in something like DEET or Deep Woods Off.