Noseeum & Sandfly Repellent and Additional Survival Tips Sandfly repellent vs noseeum repellent. We were recently asked if No No-See-Um also also works as a sandfly repellent. The answer is YES! Noseeums fall under the catch all name of sandfly. Other names for these flying, biting, blood sucker sandflys are sand gnat, sandflea, granny nipper, chitra, punkie or punky. In…