Bitten by a horsefly

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This is a pic of the back of my right calf about 4 days after getting bitten repeatedly by a shiny golden-yellow fly while in a garden digging out some tomato plants:

The fly was only slightly larger than a housefly, and I hardly believed it when told by my hubby and stepdad it was a horsefly. So I searched the ‘net, and sure enough, it was a type of horsefly or deerfly. Let me tell you, get bit by one of those, and you won’t soon forget it. The bites itched and burned so bad, and for 5-6 days I could hardly put my weight on my right foot b/c my lower calf was so sore. I read that cows stop giving milk when badly afflicted by horseflies. I don’t doubt it makes them absolutely miserable and stresses them out to that point.

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