wonder why it is that others seem able to report the first Swallows, or
Humming bird moths whilst all I seem to have is the first Horse fly's
The last 10 days they have been going mad, I am sure they are earlier than
in past years, trying to plant dahlias I am being attacked constantly,
nothing to kill 30 or more in a day, and I am only getting about 1 in 3 of
attacks.
Would be nice to find out how to get rid of them at source.

--
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Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

Sorry but I cannot believe thay you have a horse that flys, unless of course
your real name is Harry Potter


David Hill wrote:
wonder why it is that others seem able to report the first Swallows,
or Humming bird moths whilst all I seem to have is the first Horse
fly's The last 10 days they have been going mad, I am sure they are
earlier than in past years, trying to plant dahlias I am being
attacked constantly, nothing to kill 30 or more in a day, and I am
only getting about 1 in 3 of attacks.
Would be nice to find out how to get rid of them at source.

".........Sorry but I cannot believe thay(?) you have a horse that flys,
unless of course your real name is Harry Potter...."

What a foal I am. must be lack of sleep
should have said Tabanidae (horse flies, gad flies, stouts, clegs)
http://www.bioimages.org.uk/HTML/R38436.HTM

Who's Harry Potter?


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David Hill
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www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

Sorry but I cannot believe thay you have a horse that flys, unless of
course
your real name is Harry Potter


Haven't you heard of Pegasus?

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On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 15:52:06 +0100, Drakanthus
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Sorry but I cannot believe thay you have a horse that flys, unless of
course
your real name is Harry Potter


Haven't you heard of Pegasus?

I thought it was going to be a new version of
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit-flies like a banana".

Sorry but I cannot believe thay you have a horse that flys, unless of
course
your real name is Harry Potter


Haven't you heard of Pegasus?

I thought it was going to be a new version of
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit-flies like a banana".

I'm fed up cleaning fly corpses off the windscreen of my car - I'm just glad
horses don't fly.

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Drakanthus writes

I'm fed up cleaning fly corpses off the windscreen of my car -

You would have thought that they would have learnt by now wouldn't you?


I'm just glad
horses don't fly.


Well according to Mabbett, Pigs do ;-)


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I'm fed up cleaning fly corpses off the windscreen of my car -

You would have thought that they would have learnt by now wouldn't you?


It is said elephants have good memories. That must be why they avoid hitting
the windscreen.

(Sorry - I must have watched too much Monty Python!)

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I'm fed up cleaning fly corpses off the windscreen of my car -

You would have thought that they would have learnt by now wouldn't you?


It is said elephants have good memories. That must be why they avoid hitting
the windscreen.


No, it's because Elephants don't fly

(Sorry - I must have watched too much Monty Python!)

Who?

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I'm fed up cleaning fly corpses off the windscreen of my car -

You would have thought that they would have learnt by now wouldn't you?


It is said elephants have good memories. That must be why they avoid
hitting
the windscreen.


No, it's because Elephants don't fly

That's because they are smart - they take the train!
Besides - they would have to pay excess baggage charges for their trunk!

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"Drakanthus" wrote in message
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Sorry but I cannot believe thay you have a horse that flys, unless of
course
your real name is Harry Potter


Haven't you heard of Pegasus?

I thought it was going to be a new version of
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit-flies like a banana".

I'm fed up cleaning fly corpses off the windscreen of my car - I'm just
glad
horses don't fly.

It's worse when they come in for a landing !!! as a mate of mine found
driving his Triumph Spitfire. Neither Horse nor car survived.
Horse got spooked, jumped country hedge, landed on moving Triumph Spiftire.
My Mate had quite a few injuries too

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On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 07:17:27 +0100, "David Hill"
wrote:

wonder why it is that others seem able to report the first Swallows, or
Humming bird moths whilst all I seem to have is the first Horse fly's
The last 10 days they have been going mad, I am sure they are earlier than
in past years, trying to plant dahlias I am being attacked constantly,
nothing to kill 30 or more in a day, and I am only getting about 1 in 3 of
attacks.
Would be nice to find out how to get rid of them at source.


We are troubled by another biting fly. It's much smaller than a cleg,
smaller even than a house fly but only slightly so, but its bite and
resulting itchy lump are just as uncomfortable and long-lasting. It
may be a stable fly, as we have horses in one field adjacent to the
garden and cattle in another, but doesn't look like the diagram of a
stable fly in my insect book. In fairness, the only ones I been able
to study at leisure have been well squashed. A characteristic feature
seems to be what looks like a white spot or bar near the base of each
wing, which become a stripe when the wings are folded together. Does
anyone have any suggestions as to what it might be?


--
Chris

E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net

David Hill wrote:
".........Sorry but I cannot believe thay(?) you have a horse that
flys, unless of course your real name is Harry Potter...."

What a foal I am. must be lack of sleep
should have said Tabanidae (horse flies, gad flies, stouts, clegs)
http://www.bioimages.org.uk/HTML/R38436.HTM

Who's Harry Potter?


Don't ask me I'm lost!

Drakanthus wrote:

I'm fed up cleaning fly corpses off the windscreen of my car - I'm
just glad horses don't fly.

I second that

Mike wrote:
In article ,
Drakanthus writes

I'm fed up cleaning fly corpses off the windscreen of my car -

You would have thought that they would have learnt by now wouldn't
you?

The problem with your theory is, those that learn don't live to tell the
tale.