Dare I say...???

I probably shouldn’t say, but I’ve only seen a handful this year, same as last year! Although I did see a giant horsefly a couple of weeks ago, scared the cr4p out of me as it was bl00dy massive and I had no idea what it was!!!
 
I’ve only seen one at home and a couple hacking this year at all.
To make up for that though we got hounded by what I think was a bot fly this week out in the roads. Was driving my horse bat sh*t crazy.
 
Cleggs are horseflies? Learn something new every day as they say.

Ive actually had an amazingly light year with them this year. Only got bitten myself twice and the number of kills on the horse is single figures.

Last year was utterly hideous though so I think its probably fair enough!
 
While we are on the bitey bugger subject,

Does everyone get little hard scabs after the bite subsides? Mine seem to bleed like hell if I scratch them or pick them, and wondered whether that was because it is an anti coagulant that they pump in while feeding on us 😂
Mine seem to take an age before going
 
While we are on the bitey bugger subject,

Does everyone get little hard scabs after the bite subsides? Mine seem to bleed like hell if I scratch them or pick them, and wondered whether that was because it is an anti coagulant that they pump in while feeding on us 😂
Mine seem to take an age before going
I use the electric zapper. Like a mini taser. I zap zap zap until I smell burning flesh. It seems to burn up the inside of the bite and it simply dries up and goes. No more itchy.
 
I use the electric zapper. Like a mini taser. I zap zap zap until I smell burning flesh. It seems to burn up the inside of the bite and it simply dries up and goes. No more itchy.
Im gonna get one of them!

@Red-1 im so glad i like you and am not an enemy,,, something so sadistic about burning flesh 😂😂😂
 
Aside from a couple of days when they were swarming, I haven't seen many this year. As Goldenstar says, they come in waves, but we only seem to have had that initial mass hatching! I normally dread the first sunny day after rain, but they just don't seem to be liking it this year. Even my sweet itch pony is naked and I simply treat the odd wound now and then, as it isn't worth the discomfort of her rug in muggy weather if she isn't being attacked.
 
It's the one thing I haven't missed with not being able to ride! I'm normally a horse flies' favourite but have only had one bite this year while checking the horses.
 
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