Insect and Spider Identification: Very common flying insect, I just dont know the name!, 0 by r316willis

r316willis wrote:
Hi All,

Every day I have swarms of these very small flying insects on my patio screen. They are a very common insect, but for the life of me I don’t know their names. I want to get rid of them but the “Flying Insect Raid” I bought is not working; so I need to identify them to determine what I should use. Here are some facts:

• I live in FL.
• My patio faces a small lake.
• They are worst in the day and early morning.
• They aren’t mosquitos…they don’t bite.
• Don’t think they’re gnats…they seem bigger than gnats.
• They are very fast flyers.
• They look like they may have a yellowish color.

Please help!!