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Post by ianali on Sept 8, 2020 21:41:54 GMT
Does anyone know what species these things are and whether this bite is just a freak incident? "No matter how bad your day might be, it can’t be as bad as the young man who had to have hundreds of maggots removed from his ear — with tweezers. Last May, an unidentified patient approached Dr. Vikram Yadav — a dermatologist based in Faizabad, India — complaining of a buzzing in his ear. Yadav discovered the man had aural myasis, a condition caused when a person’s nose or ears are infested with fly larvae. Patients often notice a buzzing in their ears along with a smelly discharge in the area.' Yadav said the maggots looked like a wiggling mass deep in the patient’s ear. The maggots were feeding off the patient’s inner ear flesh and would have burrowed into the brain and killed him had Yadav not intervened." My last visit to A&E involved a moth in my ear. Had to have it vacuumed out, to make sure it hadn’t laid eggs. Still have the moth in a specimen bottle.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2020 21:46:07 GMT
A chap in France tried to kill a fly with an electric zapper but his bottled gas was leaking, result half the house destroyed. We always use the old fashioned sticky hanging strips. That's a chance I'm prepared to take, if it means can take down these winged bastards - and especially the bitey ones. What I do want to do is buy a gas leak alarm- that way I can stay safe, and still use my deadly zapper of doom
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Post by phil70 on Sept 8, 2020 22:55:48 GMT
I spent a period as a boat valet cleaning Gin Palaces on the Broads and many people swore the business owner Lorne Betts used to go round the boats at night in a dinghy sprinkling spiders about. If we did a particularly big boat that was a 2 dayer we always had to go round to oust the spiders that we had removed the previous day..... the little buggers walk back across the water to claim back their bit of space Phil
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Post by patty on Sept 9, 2020 6:50:22 GMT
Spiders are real home lovers..they just set up residence. I chuck them out and in they come.... I'm toying with white spot marking one particular large lady just to see if its really her next time(she's had 2 evictions)..trouble if it is I'd probably then have to take her on a long walk n let go.. Won't kill them..they do lots of good but I just cant leave be once I see.
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Post by bodger on Sept 9, 2020 8:40:06 GMT
Ricco, you are advised not to bite weird flies - it's not their fault. please be more tolerant.
WEIRD FLIES'
LIVES
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Post by Ssscrudddy on Sept 20, 2020 18:06:17 GMT
This lovely result of being bitten by a horse fly, 1 month in hospital! Edit. Added the photo now, dunno why it wouldnt work earlier.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2020 18:19:30 GMT
This lovely result of being bitten by a horse fly, 1 month in hospital!
Can't see the picture. Is your icon a detail from a King Crimson album?
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Post by patty on Sept 20, 2020 18:34:27 GMT
This lovely result of being bitten by a horse fly, 1 month in hospital!
Cannot see pic but I do remember caring for a farmer who'd been bitten by a horsefly..ended up having part of his thigh removed...pretty nasty
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2020 19:54:01 GMT
This lovely result of being bitten by a horse fly, 1 month in hospital!
Cannot see pic but I do remember caring for a farmer who'd been bitten by a horsefly..ended up having part of his thigh removed...pretty nasty Part of his thigh removed because of a fly bite?? Wtf?? I've always lived in cities so I've seen very little of these horrible little bastards- in fact I'm not sure I would recognise one if I saw it, despite looking at some close-up internet pics. No doubt when they are back in earnest next June I will see my fair share of them, but I'm starting to wonder about whether I need some more protection. I've got one of those hats with a drop-down insect mesh if there is a particularly bad area, and I'll avoid wearing shorts most of the time, but these things sound dreadful.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Sept 20, 2020 21:18:43 GMT
Horse flies are only really a problem between the end of June and just past the middle of August. The middle of the day is their time, between around 9 and 5. They like hot days with sunshine. I hardly saw any this summer due to their not being many hot days with sunshine in those months. They are often more numerous where there are fields with cattle opposite and there are definitely more in rural areas than in urban ones. Having said that, there were quite a few around the town stretch of Nantwich last year. Don't worry about wearing shorts, they rarely bite you on the leg. Upper arms and the back of your neck is their forte.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2020 21:51:03 GMT
Horse flies are only really a problem between the end of June and just past the middle of August. The middle of the day is their time, between around 9 and 5. They like hot days with sunshine. I hardly saw any this summer due to their not being many hot days with sunshine in those months. They are often more numerous where there are fields with cattle opposite and there are definitely more in rural areas than in urban ones. Having said that, there were quite a few around the town stretch of Nantwich last year. Don't worry about wearing shorts, they rarely bite you on the leg. Upper arms and the back of your neck is their forte. Cheers Ricco. Funny you should say that- they've gone down now, but I had a couple of swellings on the back of my neck that persisted for at least a week, I think I first noticed them on the middle levels. Probably not horsefly bites, as I don't remember a pain in the neck (other than the human variety)- but I was probably bitten by some damn thing or other. I think for next summer I'll get one of those tropical style cloth covers that come down from the back of a hat and cover the neck- sun shades is what I think they are, but could double up as horsefly shields. Wear those and make sure I have long sleeves, and I might remain bite-free...
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Post by Trina on Sept 20, 2020 22:39:18 GMT
I knocked a horse fly off my leg when we were on the Leeds & Liverpool last year,I felt it attack me ! We were just mooring,so I was trying to get rid of it whilst messing with the bow rope-it needed a lot of help to leave my leg alone! What was strange was that there was no swelling etc that day,but the next day I woke up with a perfect,swollen triangle where it had got me.Popped into a chemist at Parbold & he sold me some magic,fab cream.The triangle was there for about a week & then just disappeared.
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Post by patty on Sept 21, 2020 6:21:09 GMT
Its like with all these biting flying nuisances some folk get worse reactions than others. If it don't subside if a few days seek pharmacists advice..they know whats best to put on... I remember showing one my very manky infected thumb(I'd ignored it) and being sent straight through to the Dr for antibiotics.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Sept 21, 2020 7:12:02 GMT
Horse flies are only really a problem between the end of June and just past the middle of August. The middle of the day is their time, between around 9 and 5. They like hot days with sunshine. I hardly saw any this summer due to their not being many hot days with sunshine in those months. They are often more numerous where there are fields with cattle opposite and there are definitely more in rural areas than in urban ones. Having said that, there were quite a few around the town stretch of Nantwich last year. Don't worry about wearing shorts, they rarely bite you on the leg. Upper arms and the back of your neck is their forte. Cheers Ricco. Funny you should say that- they've gone down now, but I had a couple of swellings on the back of my neck that persisted for at least a week, I think I first noticed them on the middle levels. Probably not horsefly bites, as I don't remember a pain in the neck (other than the human variety)- but I was probably bitten by some damn thing or other. I think for next summer I'll get one of those tropical style cloth covers that come down from the back of a hat and cover the neck- sun shades is what I think they are, but could double up as horsefly shields. Wear those and make sure I have long sleeves, and I might remain bite-free... They were probably mosquito bites. Many people think mosquitos are a foreign species, not so! We're lucky really, canals aren't a favoured area for them, for some reason. There are some fishing ponds I know where they terrorise you. Some of them were big, they'd land on your jeans when you were sat down and bite straight through. I used to have a house in Stockport that had a couple of reservoirs close by. If you left your windows open at night the mosquitos would terrorise you, it was like being in Greece.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2020 7:26:32 GMT
This lovely result of being bitten by a horse fly, 1 month in hospital! Edit. Added the photo now, dunno why it wouldnt work earlier. That's scary !!
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