punkies

Also called punkies and sand flies, these 1/10-inch-long critters are the smallest of the northland biters.

New insect and animal discoveries 2003

Also called punkies and sand flies, these 1/10-inch-long critters are the smallest of the northland biters.

Archive 2003-08-01 2003

Belonging to another family, and smaller, but much like the buffalo-gnat in habits, are the minute little "punkies" or "no-see-ums" which sometimes occur in great swarms in certain regions where they make life

Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases Rennie Wilbur Doane

Sand-flies, however, resembling our "punkies," abound; and the natives are constantly slapping their naked sides, eating the little pests as the Papallactans do their lice. [

The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America James Orton 1853

These flies are commonly known as biting midges but are also called local names such as sand gnats, sand flies, no-see-ums and punkies.

Anti-Deer-Hunting Billboard Goes Up in Kansas City 2009

These flies are commonly known as biting midges but are also called local names such as sand gnats, sand flies, no-see-ums and punkies.

Anti-Deer-Hunting Billboard Goes Up in Kansas City 2009

In fact, as I learnt later, the work on the tower had uncovered an entire bestiary of hitherto unnoticed gargoyles and punkies; half-human, half-animal woodland beings carved in stone, and I suppose the men wanted to keep them to themselves.

Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

In fact, as I learnt later, the work on the tower had uncovered an entire bestiary of hitherto unnoticed gargoyles and punkies; half-human, half-animal woodland beings carved in stone, and I suppose the men wanted to keep them to themselves.

Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

While it has not been shown that either the buffalo-gnats or the punkies are responsible for the transmission of any disease, their habits of feeding on so many different kinds of wild and domestic animals as well as on man makes it possible for them to act as carriers of parasites that might under proper conditions become of serious importance.

Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases Rennie Wilbur Doane

As the hotel was filled with men, women and crying children, bitten to agony by punkies and mosquitoes, I chose to spread my blanket in a well-made bark shanty, which a signboard in black and white said was the "Guides 'Camp."

Woodcraft George Washington Sears 1855