Rainydaze

I can testify to the sand fly lumps as I'm currently covered in them LOL. I think they're worse than mossie bites because they're intensely itchy AND painful. Apparerently the little blighters have spikes on their nose to pierce your skin, then they inject in a nice dollop of saliva to stop your blood from clotting so that they can get a blood meal pooled up really quick. Only the females bite - they need your protein to develop their eggs, charming. Anyway, the swollen lumps result because of your body's allergic reaction to their saliva.

There's a nice thought to savour...

bluekipper

Ewwwwww

Suppose you cant have it all good living in sunshine

Bluekipper

bu1lder

bollocks to it.........i'm staying in skeggy!

earlswoody

Yes.....go home to fresh clear air.....

bu1lder

wow.......Mablethorpe looks great from that angle....

bu1lder

or is that dartmouth?

earlswoody

Dartmouth

bluebird121

I have been to skeggy lots of times .. to the stock car racing ..no Stock car racing here in he sunshine coast yet.. maybe some enterprising person will set one up.. in a place where no one is disturbed by the noise obviously.. we have a go kart track.. maybe they could extend?

bluebird121

I have rhesus neg blood group., so does that make me more susceptible to bites?. I think it has a lot to do with allergies though as I am allergic to Penicillin and sure am to these bites. . we installed a mozzie zapper to see if it would do the trick.. we have lots of pot plants in hanging baskets.., they get watered regularly.. Do you think the mossies will live in them.. my partner says as the water is renewed every few days they cannot live in them...You say that sand flies leave a bite mark..that has me wondering now if it is mozzies?? How can you tell for sure?

billymacker

I know of a very good way to stop them coming on your face,

Just shit yourself

Hutch

Absolutely ...

northernbird

I don't think the negative blood group makes a difference because I am rhesus neg and I don't get bothered by them. Make sure you eat plenty of foods high in Vit B or take a supplement because apparently that helps.

TrickyTree

Just been over to WA for a holiday and i'll admit the flies were bloody intense! they seemed to be everywhere and we all seemed to have a few buzzing around us (no shit jokes please)!

Dont seem to encounter them when walking around Brissie certainly not in the numbers around WA.

Shari68

Been told that vitamin B works well for detering the beasts! not tried it yet though. We use tea tree oil on bites seem to work well stops the itching a bit. Also brought a bottle of Eurax lotion from UK works a treat as it sooths and stops itching quickly bit like calamine lotion. Would love to find an equivalent in Aus as just getting to end of bottle.

Shari

naomif

Eat vegemite/marmite daily, its high in vit b which keeps them away. Definately works for me.