Twenty-four mosquito species in six genera occur in Lake County. Each mosquito has its own preferred larval habitat, seasonality, and blood meal hosts. Mosquitoes undergo complete metamorphosis: egg, larvae, pupae, and adult. The first three of these stages are spent in the water.

Midges, aka "gnats" or "rice flies", are common names that generally define any number of small, non-biting flies with two wings. Chironomid midges (non-biting flies in the family Chironomidae) are the most common midges encountered in Lake County. These pestiferous but harmless insects are often confused with mosquitoes. This is because midges look similar to mosquitoes and their immature stages…

Ticks are a well-known and widely despised group of organisms.  They are easily recognized by their single body segment and eight legs.  All ticks are parasites and must feed on blood to grow and reproduce.  Some ticks vector viruses, bacteria, and even protozoans; that is, they are capable of transmitting disease-causing agents from one host to another as they feed. 

​Snipe Flies, Symphoromyia spp.​