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In this Special Collection, we highlight some of the exciting work being done on Culicoides in the United States and Europe. Topics in the collection span from diversity surveys on understudied species and regions to behavior and physiology to vector competence. Two timely review articles (on EHDV in the United States and BTV in Europe) are also included. 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