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Mosquitoes bite us and suck our blood giving rise to itchy swollen lumps on our skin. They are annoying pests causing considerable discomfort but no evidence has been shown that Mosquitoes carry diseases in New Zealand as they do in other parts of the world.
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Mosquito larvae live in still water and are often most active at dusk and around areas of shade. Mosquito numbers can be controlled around your home by using effective surface sprays and repellents. Also by treating and removing any stagnant water around your garden.
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After sandflies mate the female needs a meal of blood to produce eggs. Males do not bite and are vegetarian. Humans, birds, bats, seals, and domestic animals are attacked by the females, piercing the skin creating a drop of blood that is then sucked up. Sand fly larvae in streams of moving water and are more prevalent in open country.
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 Sandflies rarely bite in the dark as they can not see at night and do not often move indoors. As the light intensity increases in the morning most of the biting occurs caused by young sandflies recently emerged from pupae. At dusk, with dull, overcast, humid conditions are when the sandflies are most active and bite at a similar rate.
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