I will be starting my 2014 thru-hike from Springer the first week of May. I am obviously taking the necessary precuations and preparing for the worst, but based on experience, how bad are the mosquitos, black flies, gnats, etc. throughout the course of the trail? I did a section hike of the 100 mile wildernes in Maine in mid august and rarely encountered any of the mosquitos or black flies that supposedly terrorize that section in June and July.