One that didn't get away........

[oldbloke]

Either way they both hurt like hell when they bite you I've heard the Avon fly repellent is the stuff to use apparently the Marines use it rather than the stuff they're kitted out with

Avon Skin so soft.......

 

[tim]

Not disagreeing with you growing up in the sticks bitten by plenty deer flies do tend to have shorter bodies, was the first link I grabbed from google

 

[oldbloke]

Tim,
it's funny because over the years there has been the constant deer fly/horse fly debate.
Maybe theses Kent people have it right?
One things for sure, they are complete *******s !!!!

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,
It was Chrysops relictus. I try and flick them off rather than killing them, but it feels like some-one has stuck a needle in you if they do bite, and you end up with a huge allergic reaction and it itches so much you can't sleep. I'm in Sweden at the moment and I've been bitten all over.

cheers Darrel

 

[MirandaB]

Hi all,
It was Chrysops relictus. I try and flick them off rather than killing them, but it feels like some-one has stuck a needle in you if they do bite, and you end up with a huge allergic reaction and it itches so much you can't sleep. I'm in Sweden at the moment and I've been bitten all over.

cheers Darrel

Is there ANYTHING you don't know Darrell mind you if you look it up some call it a horse fly,some the twin lobed deer fly

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,
I only know a few flies, but that is a really easy one to identify, a horse fly, patterned wings and green "sun-glasses".

cheers Darrel

 

[Michael W]

The fly exterminator! This was pretty funny when I first saw it back in the days but then afterwards you think "poor fly".