Pretty much - although after living with it for 4 year I can report it's often worse. =)
The local bookstore gave a discount for the first bite of the season if you lived long enough to collect.
In my experience Black flies[1] and no-see-ums[2] are far worse (not counting mosquitoes born disease). It's like a massive angry cloud of micro horseflies that intend to dismember you bite by bite.