Please help me identify this tiny bug that bites me

[KaleIAm]

I have a flock of 6 pampered ducks in Western Washington. When I hang out in their areas, and especially when the ducks walk on me, I get bitten by these little bugs. It is startlingly sharp, stingy and painful. Are they lice?

 

[spotsplus]

They look like no-see-ums. A very pesky tiny fly that is a horror for horses. They like wet, damp areas.

 

[KaleIAm]

thanks! Do you think these are bothering my ducks too? Do you know how to get rid of them? I can't seem to find treatment options.

 

[Melanie89]

I have a flock of 6 pampered ducks in Western Washington. When I hang out in their areas, and especially when the ducks walk on me, I get bitten by these little bugs. It is startlingly sharp, stingy and painful. Are they lice?

Did you figure out how to get rid of them because I have them in my bedroom they are driving me nuts

 

[SolarDuck]

We have a lot of those here in Florida too, they leave bites similar to mosquito bites. They're just kind of outside all the time so there isn't anything we can do about them here.

 

[KaleIAm]

Did you figure out how to get rid of them because I have them in my bedroom they are driving me nuts

I never did figure anything out about them. One guest we had over called them midges, but I don't actually know what they are, how to get rid of them, or if they are bothering my ducks. They still bite me.

 

[Ratchnick]

I don't think they will bother your ducks much, afterbite works pretty well. They are no-see-ums.

 

[Dancingbear5829]

Did you figure out how to get rid of them because I have them in my bedroom they are driving me nuts

In your bedroom? Ew..that's sound like bedbugs!

 

[DukesDucks]

I have those no-see-ums here but only for a short time. Unfortunately that time is the period when I am trying to get garden planted. I especially hate that they get under my hair and behind my glasses. They can be so bad that I only last 15 minutes outside.
Glad when they are gone, but then they are replaced by mosquitos and deer flies which last until the snow falls again. This year mosquitoes seem to be wintering in my firewood so I get the occasional one in the house. AAARRRGGGHHH
Still better than ticks which are gross and dangerous.

 

[KaleIAm]

I don't think they will bother your ducks much, afterbite works pretty well. They are no-see-ums.

Wow, thank you! I can't believe I am learning what these little things are after all this time!