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March or Horse flies? I don't know the difference but I go caned by those big, fast bastards in TransAm. I still wonder if their bites didn't somehow contribute to my ankle/shin tendon dramas.
hippy-
Someone told me they were called March flies.
Maybe there was even a sign to say watch out for them.https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/march-flies/
Looks like they get called horse flies too. There's probably a map somewhere where they show which name gets used where.
frank9755
Omar now in the Land of the March Fly.
Those fuckers can travel at the same speed as a (tired) rider on the uphills - which suddenly appear at this point - and bite through lycra. The only respite is when the air displaced by a passing truck washes them off for a minute or so, until they regroup and come back.
I never found out if they are called march flies because they come out in March or what