A bloodsucker by any other name

[JonnyP]

Sure was.

Look familiar?
http://bugguide.net/node/view/18943

Not the most common type round here but I've seen a few.

Nice picture, love them eyes and that little mustache, but you can see those cutters on it too...........

 

[dwardo]

They love me party time i tell ya, manage to get at least two or three every summer

 

[PJMCBear]

It's not warm enough for them up there. They'll get up there eventually.

 

[Stevie]

We used to get a lot of horse flies when I lived in Switzerland but I haven't had the misfortune here in England. Mozzies I've seen all over the world but I haven't suffered much from their bites. Midges seem more of a nuisance but I have noticed they are attracted to smokers more than non-smokers. I have heard they are attracted to carbon dioxide / monoxide out put. Whether this is true or not I don't know but the other 'alf who does smoke is convinced its right

 

[Toddy]

It's the middle of October, I've never smoked in my life and I still got badly bitten at Loch Achray last weekend
Not funny.

Toddy

 

[Goose]

I have found the opposite, smokers in my experience get bothered less by midges. I have even been surrounded by non smokers in the past as I was midge free zone whilst smoking!

 

[BorderReiver]

I have found the opposite, smokers in my experience get bothered less by midges. I have even been surrounded by non smokers in the past as I was midge free zone whilst smoking!

I started smoking a pipe in my youth when trout fishing;worked a treat.

Use vitamin B complex now.

BTW,is it true that clegs use a saw like action to cut a lump out of your skin?
It certainly feels like it.