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09:44 Jan 13, 2014 

I can say from own experience that the little New Zealand buggers, prolific on the South Island, are a definite nuisance. You don't see or hear them, and their bites itch for days ;-)

01:20 Jan 13, 2014 

Meanwhile I will warn my granny, before they start nipping at her. :-)

01:08 Jan 13, 2014 

Agree Barend :)
According to this surveillance report, these 'granny nippers' may or may not be present in Antwerp as we speak...carried into the country on 'Lucky-Bamboo' plants being imported from China.. - supermarkets here in England are selling these plants too....we will have to see how 'lucky' they are in 2014!

00:54 Jan 13, 2014 

What is 'granny nipper' supposed to imply? :-)

If you click on 'sandfly' in your reference:

Sandfly (or sand fly) is a colloquial name for any species or genus of flying, biting, blood-sucking Dipteran encountered in sandy areas.

In the United States, sandfly may refer to certain horse flies that are also known as "greenheads" (family Tabanidae), or to members of the family Ceratopogonidae, also known in Florida and elsewhere as a sand gnat, sandflea, no-see-um (no-see-em, noseeum), granny nipper, chitra, punkie, or punky.

Outside the United States, sandfly may refer to members of the subfamily Phlebotominae within the Psychodidae.

Biting midges (Ceratopogonidae) are sometimes called sand flies or no-see-ums (no-see-em, noseeum).

New Zealand sandflies are in the Austrosimulium genus, a type of black fly.

00:10 Jan 13, 2014 

Thanks Jack....I'll award the points tomorrow (found it here also.... "Knijten zijn kleine bloedzuigende muggen van de fa-
milie Ceratopogonidae" > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceratopogonidae ..which says " Ceratopogonidae, or biting midges (including what are called, in the United States and Canada, no-see-ums, midgies, sand flies, punkies, and others), are a family of small flies (1–4 mm long) in the order Diptera."

[I rather like ''punkies'' too.]
Thanks Josephine & Barend too..