Ugh, I know what you mean. I live in the woods and it gets pretty buggy here by late summer. I'm always happy when we get that first frost around Halloween when all the bugs disappear, as if by magic!
And then there's that smelly staleness that comes from things constantly growing and never dying off.
Ooo, that's weird... I can't imagine what that must be like. My husband is a Californian - He's not overly fond of winter, but definitely enjoys this "off season" for yard work! :-)
My friends swore they couldn't smell anything stale, but then they were all from southern California! To me, it smelled a bit like vegetables just starting to go bad.