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Last August whilst sitting in my garden listening to the fields being harvested, I was bitten/stung on my foot. Although a bit itchy with a small red swelling, didn't think much of it. Next day I was in Addenbrooke's hospital A&E with the leg the size of an elephants. Given heavy duty antihistamine and antibiotics with the advice that if the swelling didn't subside by the morning then I would be admitted for intravenous treatment.
The doctor had seen more of what I had, and it transpired it was from a harvest mite.
Am I right in thinking Cleggs and Horseflies are the same thing?. Also I was once bitten by a small 6 legged leathery thing, with many joints, looked it up in all the books but no avail - but my god it stung. One fear is that with climate change a huge number of new nasties are starting to colonise the UK. I know that Scorpions are now almost naturalised now and heard a story from a friend that their family dog was killed after being bitten by a large spider in Torquay.
By the way on the 'biodiversity UK action plan - endangered species appendices' the great scottish midge is actually entered!!!!. I swear these wee bu***rs are spreading south in droves.
Horseflies and Clegs are not the same, although they are closely related. Horseflies do notlay eggs under anything's skin. They lay their eggs on pond and ditch marginal vegetation. Both Horseflies and Clegs require a blood meal prior to laying their eggs. Only the females bite. The males just swan about looking gorgeous sitting on daisies. The females are attracted to heat and carbon dioxide ie living breathing mammals. They prefer cattle and horses, but humans will do at a pinch. They are attracted to hot cars, and have a preference for grey vehicles apparently. If you are wearing dark clothing and sweating you are more likely to be bitten. Don't bother trying to swat them, they are designed to be swat resistant – it's all part of a day's work for a Horsefly.