Yes lots of em about at the moment.
Also interesting how every body i know has been munched to death,but me and my 2 kids are fine.
A good tip is to get a face cloth (flannel) soaked in hot water and hold it on the bites for a min, repeat a couple more times and they will stop itching. The flannel has to be as hot as you can bear, the bite will hurt at 1st but it will disappear days faster aswell.