The culprit at hand is the biting midge. Biting midges are — and this is where things get confusing — alternately called biting gnats, sand gnats, punkies and no-see-ums. The name no-see-um ...

Just across the Talmadge Bridge in South Carolina, the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge boasts tidal creeks, freshwater wetlands, hardwood bottom forests, and managed freshwater impoundments.