06-08-2017, 01:59 PM
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Re: A strange Insect
Originally Posted by Nom
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Never seen one myself Mups they dont get up here but the cant sting. watch out for the caterpillars.https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=196
They can't sting? Oh, so it wasn't that that got me then.
What 'orrible looking little caterpillars they are with all those black lumps on them! I shall look out for those now, thank you.
I guess it was my own stupid fault something bit me, because I wanted to finish transplanting something before it got too dark, and I hadn't got any proper shoes and socks on, just bare foot and 'crocs'. I was kneeling down in the flower bed amongst the other plants when whatever it was got me ankle.
It was very painful, I couldn't sleep much for the next two nights because of the swelling and throbbing.
It was on the third day when I could see it spreading down over my foot as well that I went to the nurse for a prescription.
Guess I'll never know what got me.
06-08-2017, 05:03 PM
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Re: A strange Insect
Originally Posted by TessA
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I got bitten by a horsefly once, they're nasty, I still have a scar!There I was grazing peacefully...
I've had infected bites in the past several times, Tess, but this one was the mother of 'em all.
06-08-2017, 07:29 PM
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Re: A strange Insect
Thanks Nom for the piccie....https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=La...vb_ifXfi_ECUM:
This looks remarkably like mine!
(All right, I know my picicie was small but maybe I was right after all? )
06-08-2017, 11:11 PM
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Re: A strange Insect
Originally Posted by TessA
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Oooo! You need a brave (handsome) man to suck out the poison!It's not a tick bite is it?
Now why didn't I think of that!
Don't think it was a tick, Tess. I googled their bites and it seems they have a red centre with another outer ring round them from what I can make out - bit like a planet.
Most of the redness has gone now, but it feels very tender and bruised still.
06-08-2017, 11:45 PM
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Re: A strange Insect
Originally Posted by Pesta
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Thanks Nom for the piccie....https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=La...vb_ifXfi_ECUM:
This looks remarkably like mine!
(All right, I know my picicie was small but maybe I was right after all? )
Sincere apologies if you were right Pesta, but I honestly didn't think your pictures looked like Nom's fly.
I could see no wings or legs on yours, and also wasn't sure whether it was 2 insects one 1 long one?
Didn't mean to sound ungrateful. x
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