What you find on the Atlantic beach in the northeast US is a "green
head" fly and probably the salt marsh fly (also called green head).
<http://www.greenheadfly.com/Greenhead.html>
Really nasty buggers.
Chuck Norcutt
On 7/26/2011 9:14 AM, John Hermanson wrote:
> This kind of fly seemed especially prevalent at the beach. They'd land
> on you and bite. The bite was like a bee sting and would usually leave
> a little blood showing. You're probably right, just brought back some
> bad memories :-( Yuck!
>
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> On 7/25/2011 10:20 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> Hi John,
>>
>> The horse flies that I recall from my youth on the farm were shaped just
>> like an ordinary house fly, but several times larger. This thing has an
>> elongated body, and the wings lay flat and parallel to the body when it is
>> resting. I suspect that its bite resembles that of the horse fly.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Hermanson"<omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion"<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 8:33 AM
>> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: On the Fence
>>
>>
>>> I've seen lots of those around our yard here, are you sure that isn't a
>>> horsefly?
>>>
>>> Speaking of heat, after a month or more of waiting to hear from the
>>> lawyers of the person buying my mother-in-laws house, the closing was
>>> arranged for Friday 7/22. House had to be "broom clean" by Sunday 6pm.
>>> We're done but it was the worst weekend of my life.
>>>
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>>> On 7/22/2011 4:48 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>>> He looks almost like he's wingless. Did you pluck his wings to make him
>>>> hold still for his portrait? :-)
>>>>
>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 7/22/2011 1:57 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>>>>> This small dragonfly was the only cooperative subject around today.
>>>>> It posed nicely on the old fence so that I could get the shot I
>>>>> needed.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Small+Dragonfly.jpg.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Olympus E-1 with Zuiko Digital 35mm f/3.5 Macro
>>>>>
>>>>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>
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