Had anyone been bitten yet?

The biting season has begun in earnest here, only have to put my nose outside the door and I'm bitten, i have a large one on the side of my face

 

I'm not tempting fate by making any comment

 

Just wonder what it is going to be like in years to come with mozzies and the like? Already we seem to have lots in the south and I've spotted one or two here last year. Asian Hornets have overwintered and although they say they have nothing to predate them - bee eaters are arriving...
This was 2010 Italy

They were jumping off backwards to catch hornets and would bash them on the wire and then chuck them up 10-20cm and swallow them!

 

The horse flies can penetrate denim jeans! And they are silent. At least with mozzies you can hear them coming.

 

Only if near your ear, but they will not get through denim. Saying that I've never been bitten by a horse fly, or know anyone who has... Both children have been around horses all their life, ono has two on site... ?

 

Yep I've sure seen them on the cows here...

 

We have no horses, cows or farms near here, but the horse flies like the stream and wild area behind our garden. They come out of the conifer hedge and inflict a sharp bite, even through clothes. Then you get a big swelling etc.

 

I don't really get bitten, by anything, and never have - including horse flies and gnats [I worked with horses for many years] and the famous Scottish midge has to be really serious for it to bother me.

 

I’m O rhesus positive @Sheal.

 

I got bitten a few weeks ago at my friend's house doing some weeding, never know what they are but they must be very small, don't get a reaction until a few hours later.

 

I was digging out a new section next to the stream yesterday and got a horsefly bite on the elbow. Strangely, my ponies were just the other side of the stream and weren't troubled!