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Old 07-30-2022, 12:07 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by sunfishman View Post
Here is a picture of a biting fly that I killed recently at the beach. They are quite quick, and you have to be willing to let it start to bite you in order for you to nail it. Insectologists,? please zoom in and tell us what it is. They have been plentiful this year.
Not sure what they are. They look like a common house fly, are equipped with an afterburner to evade the fastest swat, and can take a chunk of meat with one bite. We used to see them out on the boat, whether in a cove like Robert's Cove or drifting in the Broads.

Bottom line, regardless of their actual name, they are nasty.

Dave
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