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Wowbagger

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Blandford Fly bites
« on: 16 September, 2011, 02:42:43 pm »
A small swarm of these buggers attacked me on Wednesday when I was picking blackberries. I was about to go home after picking just over a litre and then suddenly they pounced. The bites are horrible and have developed into blisters. Photos to follow.
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Butterfly

Re: Blandford Fly bites
« Reply #1 on: 16 September, 2011, 02:48:02 pm »
Hmm - I wonder if that's what got me the other when I was chasing the potatoes out of bed? The description of blistering sounds right :(.
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Wowbagger

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Re: Blandford Fly bites
« Reply #2 on: 16 September, 2011, 02:51:21 pm »
Warning! Graphic images of damaged flesh! Not for the squeamish!

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I was bitten four or five times. These two are the worst.
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hellymedic

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Re: Blandford Fly bites
« Reply #3 on: 16 September, 2011, 03:00:12 pm »
Poor thing! Hope they're better soon.
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loadsabikes

Re: Blandford Fly bites
« Reply #4 on: 16 September, 2011, 03:07:54 pm »
See, You went over the 1 litre blackberry limit and were got by the Blandford Blackberry Harvest Control Squadron!!
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Greenbank

Re: Blandford Fly bites
« Reply #5 on: 16 September, 2011, 03:09:27 pm »
This is turning into a Blandford Forum...
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Wowbagger

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Re: Blandford Fly bites
« Reply #6 on: 16 September, 2011, 03:10:38 pm »
It was really odd. I had been there for about 45 minutes with no trouble and then within seconds of one another they were on me. They are slow and easy to kill, but I reckon that when you kill them a bit of vicious bitey mouthpart gets stuck in your flesh and suppurates.
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Wowbagger

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Re: Blandford Fly bites
« Reply #7 on: 16 September, 2011, 03:11:29 pm »
Quote from: Greenbank on 16 September, 2011, 03:09:27 pm
This is turning into a Blandford Forum...

Did anyone hear anything? No? Must have been my imagination... ::-)
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henshaw11

Re: Blandford Fly bites
« Reply #8 on: 16 September, 2011, 03:13:02 pm »
...and I thought this was going to be a thread about beer :(

Ooh, they look a bit nasty..
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L Hedley

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Re: Blandford Fly bites
« Reply #9 on: 16 September, 2011, 08:27:28 pm »
Blanford Fly! A spiced beer, biteer with a hint of ginger! Very tasty too!
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Butterfly

Re: Blandford Fly bites
« Reply #10 on: 17 September, 2011, 08:46:16 pm »
*itch, itch, itch*   :(
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AndyH

Re: Blandford Fly bites
« Reply #11 on: 17 September, 2011, 08:57:07 pm »
Ouch. I always wondered if it was really confined to Blandford

Apparently not http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blandford_fly

Hope it's better soon
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