Although I cannot definitively speak for the locale of Beaufort you were in, I have lived in eastern NC all my life and the beach is my second home. I spend lots of time all over our east coast. The biting midges coincide with humidity which pops up 2-3 days after a rain shower. They aren't always an issue...their activity and presence are found sporadically during the summer season...today they could be annoying and weather shifts could make them a non-issue the following day. It really depends on that year's weather pattern. The local fauna consists of the same wildlife that you would be used to seeing in New York: cottontail rabbits, fox, wild horses along the coast, whitetail deer (although the whitetail deer at the coastline are smaller bodied than our deer are further inland) ...we have alligators down here in many of the coastal tidal creeks and backwood's waterways although a non-issue near the ocean and soundfronts specifically. Unless you're an avid outdoorsman which hunts or treks wild spaces, you'd probably never even see one. Mosquitoes are aggravating sometimes and not so much so during periods where cool fronts have moved across the region, shifting the mercury down a few notches..the wind and upper air currents typcially found at the beach keep their irritation down. The mosquitoes can be much more problematic the further inland you go, as you leave the coast. Biting deer flies can be horrendous at times, during the onset of spring and summer. Some years they can be worse than others and the following year, you may not get bit by one. It all boils down to how cold are winters are or not...the amount of spring rainfall and the way the spring moves in. If winters are mild, lots of spring rain with seaonably warm spring days.....expect to have visits with those devil flies.
Chris | Fountain, NC | Report Abuse