Anyone Been Bitten by (or even heard of) the Blandford Fly?
Anyone Been Bitten by (or even heard of) the Blandford Fly?
They're named after a town in Dorset, so must be pretty common, but I'd never heard of them before.
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Holy shit! This explains a lot. Stayed overnight in Derby. Had a fever that night and sudden back pain. Woke up covered in bites that needed antibiotics to clear up.
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That sounds more like bed bugs. No reported cases of blandford fly in derby, confirmed or unconfirmed.
Where were the bites? All over? It’s rare to get a blandford bite above the lower leg.
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Huh. Ok, I stand corrected. Bites were on my face, mostly.
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Heard of them because of the beer.
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No. Is it painful?
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Surprisingly so! Blisters, large burning swollen area and joint pain. (WTF this is a 2mm fly!)
Oh and anti-histamine cream causes adverse skin reactions! (burns like merry hell)
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No. Is it painful?
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