Yep, I dunno what's their purpose other than feeding on warm blooded creatures, but I guess everything in nature has some sort of meaning to regulate things. I just don't see it xD

I just don't show my nose outside the house during period from 10 am - 5 pm, or I would cook pretty much. So I sometimes garden in early mornings from 4 am to 9 am, 10 am latest and then evenings from 5 pm until it gets dark or until I can't deal with biting thingies anymore.

It almost sounds like the weather has switched around. I am in Latvia, usually we have the cooler summers with more rain and other places closer to equator have the nice sunny weather. So strange, isn't it? And as soon as it rains, the weeds go absolutely wild xD always good and bad sides to everything.