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Anyone Been Bitten by (or even heard of) the Blandford Fly? (feddit.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by ilovecheese@feddit.uk to c/askuk@feddit.uk

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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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[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Heard of them because of the beer.

[–] Rumbelows@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Kid4today@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Rumbelows@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Huh. Ok, I stand corrected. Bites were on my face, mostly.

[–] Tatters@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No. Is it painful?

[–] ilovecheese@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

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)

[–] Tatters@feddit.uk -1 points 1 year ago

No. Is it painful?