Dare I say...???

[Red-1]

I haven't seen a horse fly for a week.

Could it all be over for another year?

Loads of other flies, but none of those cleggs here now!

 

[ycbm]

I haven't seen one for a few days either. YAY!
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[Barton Bounty]

I haven't seen a horse fly for a week.

Could it all be over for another year?

Loads of other flies, but none of those cleggs here now!

Nope, i was bitten 5 times yesterday and twice today,

 

[sbloom]

I was religiously swatting them out saddle fitting on Monday and yesterday.

 

[smolmaus]

They're still everywhere here too I was hoping the monsoons would have drowned them all but I've been disappointed

 

[Barton Bounty]

Its the females that bite, wicked witches

 

[Sealine]

I swatted and killed a few out hacking this morning.

 

[Magsf7]

I got bitten twice this afternoon

 

[Cloball]

Loads still here! No end in sight.

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

Not seen any in the last few days

 

[Cortez]

The weather's not right for them just now. Wait until the sun's out again.

 

[Dustygirl]

Killed a couple whilst riding this afternoon

 

[The Xmas Furry]

You've all sent them dahn Sarf! Damn things been worse in the last couple of days.

Please come and retrieve them!

 

[AandK]

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!!!

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

I must be well into the 50's as to clegg kills this year alone. They aren't leaving here any time soon unfortunately.

 

[poiuytrewq]

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.

 

[TheHairyOne]

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!

 

[Lady Jane]

Started late here (Beds/Herts/Bucks bordr), a week into June and not as many as usual. Definitely on the way out

 

[tda]

Only a few here today, but it's that bloomin windy they can't stay airborne I'm sure they'll be back tomorrow

 

[Steerpike]

Haven't seen one here for a while but the bot flies have been out this week

 

[maya2008]

None this week. We don’t get them at the field anyway but there weren’t any hacking.

 

[scats]

Been a bit windy for them this week, but no doubt they are still around. We got absolutely eaten alive last weekend out hacking.

 

[Barton Bounty]

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

 

[Red-1]

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.

 

[Goldenstar]

They come in waves , we are between waves .

 

[Barton Bounty]

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

 

[Fransurrey]

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.

 

[scats]

I poo picked in shorts this morning and can confirm that the horseflies are alive and well, though they certainly weren’t as fast or as persistent as normal and I managed to hit them before they bit me.

 

[Keith_Beef]

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.

Is there a proper name for these things, so I can take a look?

 

[Annagain]

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.