Official fly and other biting bastards tread

Discussion in 'All Discussions' started by cjtst11, Sep 9, 2016.

  1. cjtst11

    cjtst11 Well-Known Member

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    Sep 1, 2010
    At Seldom's suggestion, this is a thread to report on what blood-sucking flying vampires are biting your a$$ at your local.

    This week in the jerz has been worse than I've seen in at least five years for the biting black flies, especially when the wind is offshore. I have at least 20 bites on my legs and on the arm that I was carrying my boart with the other morning. At one point my boart was covered in them when I was crossing the dune.

    At least the green heads (and most of the tourons) are gone.
     
  2. Zeroevol

    Zeroevol Well-Known Member

    Jun 22, 2009
    It's always the black ones
     

  3. ScobeyviIIe

    ScobeyviIIe Well-Known Member

    Nov 3, 2015
    Statistically, you're right.
    #Notracist
     
  4. CBSCREWBY

    CBSCREWBY Well-Known Member

    Feb 21, 2012
    Did you hear about the girl who was afraid of flies????

    Until she unzipped one...
     
  5. nopantsLance

    nopantsLance Well-Known Member

    Aug 15, 2016
    cantgetworse.jpg

    The best way I know to describe them are these with wings
     
  6. metard

    metard Well-Known Member

    Mar 11, 2014
  7. ScobeyviIIe

    ScobeyviIIe Well-Known Member

    Nov 3, 2015
    Oh look! #AIDS
     
  8. seldom seen

    seldom seen Well-Known Member

    Aug 21, 2012
    Ahh good call cjtst11!

    Aight, so here's the types of flies I know..

    -We got the green heads, call them horse flies up here, not sure if that's regional.

    -Got those black ones that look like regular flies but bite. I clearly remember a pumping November day, 11/3/12 to be exact, where they focked my feet up good on the beach.

    -Then we get these flies in the woods, size of a regular fly, but brown, and are as persistent as the greenies. And they fockin' hurt when they get ya.

    -Also, I encounter these in the woods and the neighbourhood, these tiny little flies that hover around you and land, and never bite. I got one in me eye once though.
     
  9. seldom seen

    seldom seen Well-Known Member

    Aug 21, 2012
    Saw these gnar gnar fkn wolf spider last weekend, 3.5 to 4 inch diameter easy...

    20160904_133503.jpg
     
  10. ChavezyChavez

    ChavezyChavez Well-Known Member

    Jun 20, 2011
    Ugh, the worst was when I would take my pre-surf sh!t in the dunes under the 2nd street stairs (which are now buried by replenishment). I had green heads biting me arse and the little black f@ckers biting my face.
     
  11. nynj

    nynj Well-Known Member

    Jul 27, 2012
    I was walking on the boardwalk with my wife and kid last weekend. I felt something big land on my shoulder.
    I jumped like a homo and hit it... It was just bird sh!t and now it was on my shoulder and hand.

    Thanks Obama
    #9/12
     
  12. seldom seen

    seldom seen Well-Known Member

    Aug 21, 2012
  13. ChavezyChavez

    ChavezyChavez Well-Known Member

    Jun 20, 2011
    That happened to me on the Wildwood boardwalk back in March. Hit my shoulder. I thought I was shot.
     
  14. JayD

    JayD Well-Known Member

    Feb 6, 2012
    That's good Scoob
     
  15. JayD

    JayD Well-Known Member

    Feb 6, 2012
    Hopefully you slapped the ones on your face first CC!
     
  16. ChavezyChavez

    ChavezyChavez Well-Known Member

    Jun 20, 2011
    All logic and reason went out the window when a log is poking out and flies are ravaging the nether regions.
     
  17. DawnPatrol321

    DawnPatrol321 Well-Known Member

    Mar 6, 2012
    HAHAHA Too funny
     
  18. cjtst11

    cjtst11 Well-Known Member

    126
    Sep 1, 2010
    Wrong. Zika and Obama.
     
    Last edited: Sep 9, 2016
  19. cjtst11

    cjtst11 Well-Known Member

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    Sep 1, 2010
    I think the green heads are technically deer flies but horse or deer, they take a serious chunk out of you and it hurts. Thankfully they are big and slow and easy kill.
    The little ones that look like gnats (maybe they are?) get in my eyes and on my head (ball cap helps) and don't hurt when they bite but the bites itch like crazy the next day. No idea what they are but see to be at their worst in spring/early summer.
     
  20. ibc

    ibc Well-Known Member

    Aug 3, 2014
    Only time we've had biting flies since I've been here was 2 years ago when the seaweed invasion happened. Those f***ers were everywhere, even up on the seawall sidewalk. They'd be up your nose, in your mouth, you name it.

    Now we just have lots of skeeters, dusk and dawn. LOTS. If you're doing a DP, they'll swoop on ya while you put on your leash. They never follow me out into the water though.

    Those flies really sucked.

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