Lord Of The Flies

[metaladdict]

No california hardly has any bugs,do have mosquitos. Man! Glad I live here

 

[FelixtheCat]

I'm just trying to survive this whole Zika business down here!

 

[OBN]

I'm just trying to survive this whole Zika business down here!

Now that is some serious business.. Good Luck with the future on that..

 

[georgeinsc]

Growing up in WV this was one of the flying teeth that we had to contend with.

Known as a deer fly. Never found anything that would deter them.

 

[Ice Scratcher]

Growing up in WV this was one of the flying teeth that we had to contend with.

Known as a deer fly. Never found anything that would deter them.

We call that a horse fly...

This is what we call a deer fly..

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[georgeinsc]

The one we called a horse fly was about four times or more the sixe of the one I pictured. I think we are talking about the same fly just a different lighting on the fly. Nothing but teeth and wings either way.

 

[Mud-puppy]

I'm telling you these look exactly like a regular old harmless housefly!...except in vast numbers and bite just as hard as a deer fly, quicker, they dont give up and you cannot outrun them even in a boat...

I know all about deer flies and horseflies...big mobs of deer flies on the MKG river in season..I'd rather deal with them than these swarms little houseflies..at least a guy can kill them easy because they arnt as fast..

I'm not going back for pictures though...off shore wind this am...so they will be there waiting for me sharpening up their teeth..
Mud

 

[Swinglow]

You forgot the worst of all...

Chiggers!

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I got a chigger bite right on my belt line right now and it sucks. Those flies are the worst. We get them in CT too. The worst is when youre trying to land a fish and they start chewing on your ankles. Last fishing trip they were taking turns gnawing on my wifes ankles and then mine. I always hear them called green flies.

 

[Beachscanner]

C'mon dude! That aint gonna work! Not even diesel fuel stops these bloodthirsty Btards!...I fell for that "Skin so Soft" mosquito repellent once back in the early 80's, it was like ringing a dinner bell at an orphans school!...

You gotta have some documentation/vids concerning this dryer sheet trick...You are obviously pulling my front tail and want another post tomorrow after I get torn up right? Thats OK...I do this all the time, giving free theoretical advice to folks..but I'm not falling for it!

I aint going back out there as your guinea pig to confirm this dryer sheet trick!! Unless its a load of dryer sheets sewed together in a full Tyvek Hazmat suit perhaps...quilted, with Kevlar in between!

I got 57yrs walking this Planet, and I'm telling you, these biting swarms of late Summer beach flies are the damndest thing I've ever seen...!
Mud

As a surfcasting fisherman, I can tell you that this does work. And with only 57 years on this planet, you are just a snotty nose kid.
Now get out there, dryer sheet up and get some gold!!!!!

 

[Ice Scratcher]

I got a chigger bite right on my belt line right now and it sucks. .

I know two worst places you can get them...



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[Ice Scratcher]

Horse flies on the left, deer flies on the right..

Deer flies always come with friends...

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[Ice Scratcher]

The flies Mud is posting about are called Stable Flys...

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[Grumpy Since 55]

Horse, Deer, Stable, House... They ALL have at least 2 things in common.
#1 They are Flies
#2 They are (at best) Annoying

Probably more I did not count. I left out biting because house flies don't...

 

[rreahard]

Horse flys on the left, deer flys on the right..

Deer flys always come with friends...

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Lots of both of these down my way. Got bit by a couple horse flys yesterday... Managed to kill one, the other bastard got away..

 

[FelixtheCat]

I think our mosquitoes are worse with their new & improved Zika!

 

[Grumpy Since 55]

Area 51?? 'splains a lot....

 

[STURRAT]

I was going to say you are crazy... I go to the beach with the boys all the time without any fly issues. Then last night at duck lake they attacked us with a fury. Made us leave after only a little while.

 

[Mud-puppy]

I was going to say you are crazy... I go to the beach with the boys all the time without any fly issues. Then last night at duck lake they attacked us with a fury. Made us leave after only a little while.

Well good, glad you got bit the hell up! I'm also glad you aint calling me a liar...you can call me crazy all day long with no hard feelings!

Stable Flies! Good call there Icescratcher! Thats EXACTLY what they are!

Hey, out of curiosity, I took a 'dryer sheet' and hit my beach this morning to do a test as recommended by Brother Beachscanner...

Unfortunately, the wind came up out of the NW and kept most of the flies pushed back into the dunes, so I was disappointed. I even banged my scoop around and hollered for them to come and attack and was met with a tepid response...

Although on the way home, I rubbed that dryer sheet under my sweaty arm pits and it made me smell fresh as a daisy!!! The girls working the counter at the beer store even commented on how refreshing I smelled compared to normal!! Perhaps I will start carrying a dryer sheet around in my back pocket! Thanks Guys!, I learned a whole lot from you here!
Mud

 

[OBN]

Well good, glad you got bit the hell up! I'm also glad you aint calling me a liar...you can call me crazy all day long with no hard feelings!

Stable Flies! Good call there Icescratcher! Thats EXACTLY what they are!

Hey, out of curiosity, I took a 'dryer sheet' and hit my beach this morning to do a test as recommended by Brother Beachscanner...

Unfortunately, the wind came up out of the NW and kept most of the flies pushed back into the dunes, so I was disappointed. I even banged my scoop around and hollered for them to come and attack and was met with a tepid response...

Although on the way home, I rubbed that dryer sheet under my sweaty arm pits and it made me smell fresh as a daisy!!! The girls working the counter at the beer store even commented on how refreshing I smelled compared to normal!!
Mud

 

[Ice Scratcher]

Stable Flies! Good call there Icescratcher! Thats EXACTLY what they are!

Thanks Mud

I did well in entomology back in the day...

Know your enemy!

I'll take any and all the above with alligators on top, over chiggers!



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