bloody horse flies

[s7ephanie]

going out in a minute covered in anti fly stuff and stinking of lemon !! they always find the one tiny bit of skin that hasnt got spray on - horrid things !!

 

[ComedyPilot]

At your service.....

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I thought Pegasus would be safe left there in the paddock but the bloody horse flies...

 

[Accy cyclist]

I thought Pegasus would be safe left there in the paddock but the bloody horse flies...

Damn! i wanted to use that one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus

 

[y2blade]

Sodding things! I Just got bitten on the knuckle while taking Photos in the garden

 

[Profpointy]

If they were pointless, they wouldn't exist. In fact they pollinate a wide range of meadow plants and for some - although not in the UK - they are the only pollinators.

Are you sure ? At first sight at least, i would a bit suprised if a bloodsucking insect was going in flowers looking for pollen - or is the dinner stomach & pudding stomach?
Joking aside, sounds implausable, though entymology is not my field admittedly

 

[Deleted member 23692]

They predominately feed on nectar and pollen, but the females need a diet of blood to ensure successful reproduction.

Mr Horsefly = good
Mrs Horsefly = bad

 

[Profpointy]

They predominately feed on nectar and pollen, but the females need a diet of blood to ensure successful reproduction.

Mr Horsefly = good
Mrs Horsefly = bad

Ah - fair enough - it is dinner stomach and pudding stomach then - though it was just people, but seems to be lady horseflies as well. Who'd have thought it.

 

[ufkacbln]

Sodding things! I Just got bitten on the knuckle while taking Photos in the garden

Why do they always bite at joints?

 

[ufkacbln]

For years the medical profession believed in the 4 humours and that all illness was an imbalance of these

As a result bleeding was a preferred treatment for many illnesses

Perhaps this is a Karmic joke and Horseflies are in fact reincarnated physicians?

 

[Ciar]

Had a couple so far this year, left calf and the nasty one behind my left ear couple of lovely itchy lumps, thankfully I have an ammonia stick which removes said itching.

 

[Tanis8472]

Tiger balm is also good for relieving bite itches and swelling

 

[Andy_R]

They predominately feed on nectar and pollen, but the females need a diet of blood to ensure successful reproduction.

Mr Horsefly = good
Mrs Horsefly = bad

So typically opposite to us then...Mrs R...sweets, chocolate, cake, honey, Me...black pudding, steak, bacon, steak, ham, steak..
Mr Horsefly....sweets, chocolate, cake, honey....you can see where this is going....

My last horsefly bite was on my forearm and swelled up so much it looked like someone had shoved half an orange under my skin and felt like somone had blowtorched my arm. Since then I go nowhere outside without Jungle Formula 50% DEET

 

[Fnaar]

 

[smokeysmoo]

Got another one now on my right elbow, right on the leany bit

Fecker must have got me whilst we were out walking the dog yesterday round Entwistle Resovoir.

In the words of Muttley...................


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