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Guys i got a big buzz at my ear when in my garden and slapped this beast. Its about three times the size of a wasp. Anyone know what it is? 20190725_184133.jpeg
 
IMO this is one of the Horsefly species, they can and do bite and leave a nasty weal/hive red sore spot with blood drawn!
 
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Cheers mate. Cant believe how big it is. I've saw horsefly before but nowhere near this size.
Box Brownie said:
IMO this is one of the Horsefly species, they can and do bite and leave a nasty weal/hive red sore spot with blood drawn!
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scottduffy said:
Cheers mate. Cant believe how big it is. I've saw horsefly before but nowhere near this size.
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Big and tough......I was bitten on my arm a couple of years back.

Never heard it or realised I was being bitten, my usual response if an insect lands on me is to blow hard to drive it away. It did not budge I had to flick it quite hard and I was left bleeding........ FWIW I let it bleed freely to flush the wound before staunching it and covering it up!
 
I wasn't bitten thankfully. I did read that it stops the noise as it settles to feed. Thank God i heard it. I got stung on the jaw by a wasp a few months back that must have been on my collar. Not pleasant.
Box Brownie said:
Big and tough......I was bitten on my arm a couple of years back.

Never heard it or realised I was being bitten, my usual response if an insect lands on me is to blow hard to drive it away. It did not budge I had to flick it quite hard and I was left bleeding........ FWIW I let it bleed freely to flush the wound before staunching it and covering it up!
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Box Brownie said:
Big and tough......I was bitten on my arm a couple of years back.

Never heard it or realised I was being bitten, my usual response if an insect lands on me is to blow hard to drive it away. It did not budge I had to flick it quite hard and I was left bleeding........ FWIW I let it bleed freely to flush the wound before staunching it and covering it up!
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Horseflies are strong insects and are capable of flying in moderate wind so, as you unfortunately found out, blowing them away is often ineffective.

Have to say I have quite an interest for them but that is probably because apart from the initial bite, which is severe I have no reaction to them, or rather to the types I've been bitten by so far. Mrs Tringa doesn't share my view as she reacts badly to them with a raised, hot, very itchy weal.

Dave
 
Tringa said:
Mrs Tringa doesn't share my view as she reacts badly to them with a raised, hot, very itchy weal.
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My wife also reacts in the same way. She has found blasting the bite with a hot hairdryer, a few times a day really reduces the swelling. It's something to do with breaking down the toxins.
 
Nostromo said:
It's only the females bite. They need the protein to produce eggs.
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Would have liked this post but it would be wrong to like a horsefly bite!!! Just seeing one makes me itch and a bite can stay itchy for weeks.

Strangely enough, the pro in the club shop caught one of the big muthas last week - I thought it was a weird kind of hornet when I first saw it but he apped a snap of it (don't know the name of the app) and it came back as a horsefly, then Googling the species name found more images of the same thing.
 
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