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

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

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

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?

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