| Swarming insects |
Universal |
31 Jan 2026 |
| Biting pests |
New York Times |
11 Jan 2026 |
| Pesky flies |
USA Today |
01 Jan 2026 |
| Annoying insects |
The Telegraph Plusword |
18 Nov 2025 |
| Pesky insects |
Universal |
15 Oct 2025 |
| Swarming pests |
USA Today |
25 Sep 2025 |
| Bitty biters that can drive you buggy? |
LA Times Mini |
05 Sep 2025 |
| Biting insects (5) |
Mirror Classic |
23 Aug 2025 |
| Buzzing biters |
LA Times Mini |
11 Aug 2025 |
| Tangs insects (anag) (5) |
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| Bloodsuckers such as mosquitoes (5) |
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| Irksome insects |
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| Not horse-flies, but they worry some mustangs (5) |
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| Tiny, swarming flies (5) |
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| Annoying small insects (5) |
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| Small biting insects (5) |
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| Bloodsuckers |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
10 Feb 2025 |
| Flying pests |
USA Today |
07 Jan 2025 |
| Biting insects gave pain that's rising |
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| Flies that have the mustang's tail twitching (5) |
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| Insects in a cloud |
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| Small, two-winged biting or irritating flies (5) |
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| Bitty biters |
LA Times Mini |
16 Nov 2024 |
| Little flying pests |
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| Tiny flying insects |
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| Creatures in God's third plague in Exodus |
New York Times |
09 Nov 2024 |
| Pesky summer swarm |
New York Times |
28 Oct 2024 |
| Tiny bugs in a swarm |
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| Stang (anag) (5) |
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| Summer pests |
New York Times |
01 Sep 2024 |
| Flying insects (5) |
The Guardian Weekend |
06 Jul 2024 |
| Small annoying insects |
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| Annoying cloud |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Jun 2024 |
| Biting bugs |
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| Mosquito cousins |
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| Pests in a cloud |
Universal |
16 Apr 2024 |
| Annoying tiny biters |
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| Pesky insects |
LA Times Daily |
17 Mar 2024 |
| Pests at a picnic, perhaps |
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| Irritating flies; tangs (anag.) |
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| Insects and what they did going up? (5) |
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| Insects in a swarm |
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| Swarming bugs |
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| Gee! Stan has disturbed those insects! |
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| Nipping pests |
New York Times |
19 Dec 2023 |
| Pesky swarm |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Sep 2023 |
| Pesky insects |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Aug 2023 |
| Pesky insects |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Jul 2023 |
| Pesky fliers |
Newsday |
28 May 2023 |
| Buzzy group |
New York Times |
22 Apr 2023 |
| Pesky insects |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Apr 2023 |
| A horde of ____ |
Canadiana |
06 Mar 2023 |
| Pesky flyers |
Universal |
07 Feb 2023 |
| Biting pests |
Premier Sunday |
11 Dec 2022 |
| Buzzing pests |
USA Today |
03 Nov 2022 |
| Mosquitolike flies |
USA Today |
26 Aug 2022 |
| Cloud on a summer day |
New York Times |
21 Aug 2022 |
| Pests that fly in clouds |
Universal |
12 Aug 2022 |
| Cloud often seen in the summer |
New York Times |
05 Aug 2022 |
| Pesky flies |
USA Today |
21 Jul 2022 |
| Swarming insects |
USA Today |
28 Feb 2022 |
| Cloud-forming insects |
Universal |
01 Jan 2022 |
| Pesky swarm |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Nov 2021 |
| Insects that form clouds |
USA Today |
26 Oct 2021 |
| Pesky insects |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Oct 2021 |
| Pesky flies |
Newsday |
15 Sep 2021 |
| Summer pests |
Universal |
15 Aug 2021 |
| Pesky insects |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Jul 2021 |
| Summer swarmers |
Newsday |
04 Apr 2021 |
| Swarming insects |
USA Today |
03 Mar 2021 |
| Pesky pests |
USA Today |
26 Feb 2021 |
| Annoying cloud |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Oct 2020 |
| They fly in clouds |
Universal |
08 Oct 2020 |
| Annoying summer swarms |
New York Times |
28 Sep 2020 |
| Tiny flying pests |
Universal |
15 Sep 2020 |
| Swarming pests |
USA Today |
29 Jul 2020 |
| Picnic pests |
The Washington Post Sunday |
28 Jun 2020 |
| Summer pests |
Universal |
18 Jun 2020 |
| Pesky insects |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 May 2020 |
| Winged stingers |
Canadiana |
04 May 2020 |
| Pesky fliers |
New York Times |
14 Apr 2020 |
| Summer annoyances |
New York Times |
07 Mar 2020 |
| Swarming insects |
The Times Concise |
19 Dec 2019 |
| Winged annoyances |
The Washington Post Sunday |
15 Sep 2019 |
| Small, pesky flies |
Newsday |
09 Sep 2019 |
| Pesky swarmers |
USA Today |
06 Sep 2019 |
| Annoyances in clouds |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jul 2019 |
| Annoyances in clouds |
The Washington Post |
20 Jul 2019 |
| Pesky swarm |
Universal |
26 Jun 2019 |
| Swarming pests |
Universal |
31 May 2019 |
| Small flies |
Newsday |
05 May 2019 |
| Pesky swarm |
Thomas Joseph |
04 May 2019 |
| Annoying flies (rhymes with "rats") |
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| Bitty biters |
LA Times Daily |
04 Feb 2019 |
| Bitty biters |
The Washington Post |
04 Feb 2019 |
| Pesky swarm |
|
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| Pesky swarmers |
|
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| Annoyances in clouds |
|
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| Bitty biters |
|
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| Pesky swarm |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
02 Nov 2018 |
| Irritations found in clouds |
The Washington Post |
06 Oct 2018 |
| Irritations found in clouds |
LA Times Daily |
06 Oct 2018 |
| Pests in a cloud |
Universal |
12 Jul 2018 |
| Swarming pests |
Newsday |
20 May 2018 |
| Summer swarm |
USA Today |
04 May 2018 |
| Swarming annoyances |
USA Today |
17 Apr 2018 |
| Pests in a cloud |
|
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| Irritations found in clouds |
|
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| Swarming annoyances |
|
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| Summer swarm |
|
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| Pesky swarm |
|
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| Tiny winged nuisances |
The Washington Post Sunday |
17 Dec 2017 |
| Pesky insects |
Universal |
05 Dec 2017 |
| Tiny, pesky flies |
Newsday |
28 Aug 2017 |
| Cloud in the summer |
New York Times |
16 Aug 2017 |
| Small annoyances |
New York Times |
18 Jul 2017 |
| Tiny flies |
Newsday |
07 Jun 2017 |
| Pesky flies, rhymes with "Rats" |
|
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| Insect pests |
Universal |
06 Apr 2017 |
| Little biters |
The Washington Post |
28 Feb 2017 |
| Small annoyances |
|
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| Cloud in a summer sky? |
The Washington Post |
01 Jan 2017 |
| Cloud in the summer |
|
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| Pesky little fliers |
Newsday |
01 Nov 2016 |
| Pesky little biters |
Universal |
27 Oct 2016 |
| Pesky swarm |
LA Times Daily |
25 Sep 2016 |
| Pesky swarm |
USA Today |
22 Sep 2016 |
| Airborne annoyances |
Universal |
18 Aug 2016 |
| Little pests |
The Washington Post |
16 Jun 2016 |
| Midges |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Apr 2016 |
| Swarming insects |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Feb 2016 |
| Insects, or what they did going up |
|
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| Pesky little biters |
|
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| Pesky swarm |
|
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| Airborne annoyances |
|
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| Pesky swarm |
|
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| Irksome swarm |
Universal |
13 Dec 2015 |
| Insects that form 'ghosts' when they swarm |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
11 Dec 2015 |
| Bitty biters |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Nov 2015 |
| Swarming pests |
LA Times Daily |
20 Oct 2015 |
| Pesky insects |
Newsday |
13 Oct 2015 |
| Annoying buzzers |
Newsday |
12 Jul 2015 |
| No-see-ums |
USA Today |
29 Apr 2015 |
| Bothersome buzzers |
USA Today |
04 Apr 2015 |
| Annoying swarm |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jan 2015 |
| Annoying swarm |
|
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| Insects that form "ghosts" when they swarm |
|
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| Tiny flies |
|
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| Bothersome buzzers |
|
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| Pesky insects |
|
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| No-see-ums |
|
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| Irksome swarm |
|
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| Small flies |
|
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| Swarming pests |
|
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| Annoying buzzers |
|
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| 23 Flies in angst, all over the place |
|
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| No-see-ums |
|
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| Small biting flies |
|
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| Mushroom pests |
|
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| Bothersome pests |
|
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| Annoying cloud |
|
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| No-see-ums |
|
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| Campers' annoyances |
|
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| Flying pests |
|
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| Annoying buzzers |
|
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| Pesky flying insects |
|
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| Swarming pests |
|
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| Pests that form black clouds |
|
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| No-see-ums |
|
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| Pesky swarm |
|
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| No-see-ums |
|
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| Barbecue annoyances |
|
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| Black cloud formers |
|
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| Airborne pests |
|
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| Flying annoyances |
|
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| Tiny pests |
|
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| Airborne pests |
|
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| Pesky flyers |
|
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| Flying nuisances at dusk |
|
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| Swarms of them are called clouds |
|
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| Pesky fliers |
|
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| Pesky flies |
|
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| Pesky fliers |
|
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| Little buggers |
|
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| Irritants in a cloud |
|
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| Pesky flies |
|
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| Airborne annoyances |
|
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| Little buggers |
|
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| Swattable pests |
|
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| Punkies |
|
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| Punkies |
|
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| Pesky swarm |
|
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| Airborne annoyances |
|
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| Aerial annoyances |
|
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| Flying pests |
|
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| Buzzers |
|
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| Pesky swarm |
|
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| Swarming pests |
|
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| Tiny flying biters |
|
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| Punkies |
|
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| Tiny flying biters |
|
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| Black cloud formers, sometimes |
|
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| Flying pests |
|
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| Tiny flies |
|
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| Itsy-bitsy biters |
|
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| Miniature biters |
|
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| Pesky cloud composition |
|
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| Puny pests |
|
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| Black cloud formers |
|
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| Pesky cloud |
|
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| Summer swarm |
|
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| Small flying insects |
|
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| Tiny biters |
|
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| Tiny biters |
|
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| Annoying swarm |
|
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| Little biters |
|
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| Punkies |
|
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| Bugs that bug |
|
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| Petite pests |
|
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| Blackflies |
|
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| No-see-ums |
|
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| Relatives of crane flies |
|
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| Little pests |
|
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| Winged pests |
|
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| Relatives of crane flies |
|
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| Little pests |
|
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| Swarming pests |
|
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| Puny pests |
|
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| Airborne pests |
|
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| Camping menaces |
|
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| Black flies |
|
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| Black flies, e.g. |
|
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| Small pests |
|
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| No-see-ums |
|
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| Biting insects |
|
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| Midges and black flies |
|
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| Black flies |
|
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| Annoying insects |
|
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| Little pests |
|
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| Tiny biters |
|
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| Bitty biters |
|
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| Aerial annoyances |
|
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| Tiny biters |
|
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| Tiny bugs |
|
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| Bothersome buzzers |
|
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| They're often swatted away |
|
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| Flock : birds :: cloud : ___ |
|
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| Itsy-bitsy biters |
|
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| Pesky fliers |
|
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| Puny pests |
|
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| Punkies |
|
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| Pesty biters |
|
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| Airborne pests |
|
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| Little buggers? |
|
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| Pesky bugs |
|
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| Pesky fliers |
|
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| Flying biters |
|
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| Pesky little pests |
|
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| Pesky insects |
|
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| Pesky insects |
|
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| Black flies |
|
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| Biters |
|
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| Itty-bitty biters |
|
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| Swattable pests |
|
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| Pesty biters |
|
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| Camping menaces |
|
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| Tiny biters |
|
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| Pesky insects |
|
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| Flying pests |
|
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| Bugs |
|
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| Winged pests |
|
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| Punkies |
|
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| Midges |
|
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| Punkies, e.g. |
|
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| Airborne biters |
|
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| Buffalo ___ (blackflies) |
|
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| Summer swarm |
|
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| No-see'ums |
|
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| Tiny stingers |
|
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| Picnic pests |
|
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| Insects |
|
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| Insects often strained at |
|
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| Winged biters |
|
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| Midge and punkie |
|
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| Summer nuisances |
|
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| Dipterous insects. |
|
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| Midges. |
|
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| Black flies. |
|
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| Pestiferous insects. |
|
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| Small flies. |
|
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| Annoying insects |
|
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| Pesky insects. |
|
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| Bugs |
|
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| Flies. |
|
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| Small insects. |
|
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| Fliers on a summer evening. |
|
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| Small two-winged flies. |
|
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| Kin of the black flies. |
|
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| Dipterous pests. |
|
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| Tiny biters |
|
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| Stinging insects. |
|
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| Insects. |
|
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| Pesky little things. |
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