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Nature Notebook

The mosquitoes have been joined by their fellow summer pests, the deer flies. A female deer fly circles over a victim’s head before landing to feed on its blood (the male feeds on pollen and nectar). For four or five weeks in June and July, you do not want to stroll through the forests without a hat.

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