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YIKES.......!!!!
07/13/18 at 20:02:55

I have neglected the lower piece of my property for a few months.
It’s down, outback, and I really don’t use it for much, about 1/4 acre.
I decided to mow it today.
Once I got down to it, I was in waist high grass and stinging nettle, blackberries, however, mostly grass....
I was almost done when I decided to hit this patch that was up on a little spot I cleared a few years ago, where I put in a slider swing.
It’s under a big native maple, and backs up to the jungle.
I could tell a deer had been bedding their.
All of a sudden I was getting atacked, I stupidly had on shorts, I know better, but, what the heck....
I mean it felt like my legs caught fire 🔥
With the mower still running I just ran as fast as I could.
Got to where I felt safe and stopped to look at my legs.
I thought for sure I would see some fire ants, or something still crawling around, nothing.
My legs were stinging, and I saw about half a dozen red welts starting to form....
I went into the house, stripped off my shorts, put some long legged scrubs, and went back to shut off the mower.
I turned it off, looked around, nothing, then all of a sudden my arms get stinging..... WTF.
I run up to the house, show my wife, she says to strip and get into the shower and use soap and water to clean those red areas....
I did, it felt good.
Googled biting flies and I see I got bit by deer flys....

Well, lesson is to keep the grass mowed low, etc, they like that sorta environment.

Took some Benadryl just to be safe.

That was a first for me, wasn’t fun Shocked

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28752 L.A. California Gender:	Re: YIKES.......!!!! Reply #1 - 07/13/18 at 20:19:07 Oh I hate the little f's and the bites itch something else. best thing I've found is to heat them up and burn out the infection. idk if you hot tub is hot enough but it's worth a try. I use a hot compress... hot as you can stand for a minute. no drugs m'lady.
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 4997 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: YIKES.......!!!! Reply #2 - 07/13/18 at 20:39:25 Should have been wearing your nylon panty hose !!!
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raydawg Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 11551 pacific northwest Gender:	Re: YIKES.......!!!! Reply #3 - 07/13/18 at 21:37:35 Hhhmmmmmm...... Well tomorrow I gotta go get that lawn mower....... I wonder, should I opt for more support, or better cross ventilation 🤔
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Armen Serious Thumper Offline Half-Witted Wrench-Jockey from Jersey Posts: 1431	Re: YIKES.......!!!! Reply #4 - 07/14/18 at 03:38:27 You sure they were bites? There is a new invasive plant species that causes a burning sensation when touched. Just saw mention of it the other day.
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5716 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: YIKES.......!!!! Reply #5 - 07/14/18 at 07:30:51 wear your rain gear ! with the legs and cuffs bungeed shut don't forget your full face helmet too . Protection !
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Gary_in_NJ Serious Thumper Offline LS650 Cafe Racer Posts: 2625 Amongst the Twisty Roads	Re: YIKES.......!!!! Reply #6 - 07/14/18 at 07:47:21 I'd lasso the mower and pull it in.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: YIKES.......!!!! Reply #7 - 07/14/18 at 08:07:46 Screw the mower. Call in an air strike. Napalm That's the Tikkit! Fix whatever the problem is..quick like. Then abandon the area or keep it mowed. And you can sell the burned out hulk of the dead mower for junk.
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Majorfatboy YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 19	Re: YIKES.......!!!! Reply #8 - 07/14/18 at 08:08:20 Cripes, and I thought I had it bad with all of the mosquitoes, while cleaning up My back yard. Of course, You could take a note from DEVO's playbook, and get Yourself a nice hazmat suit...
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raydawg Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 11551 pacific northwest Gender:	Re: YIKES.......!!!! Reply #9 - 07/14/18 at 08:19:27 I read any cologne from Avon works really good to repel them
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Re: YIKES.......!!!!
Reply #10 - 07/14/18 at 08:46:45

raydawg wrote on 07/13/18 at 20:02:55:

All of a sudden I was getting atacked, I stupidly had on shorts, I know better, but, what the heck....
I mean it felt like my legs caught fire 🔥
With the mower still running I just ran as fast as I could.
Got to where I felt safe and stopped to look at my legs.
I thought for sure I would see some fire ants, or something still crawling around, nothing.
My legs were stinging, and I saw about half a dozen red welts starting to form....
I went into the house, stripped off my shorts, put some long legged scrubs, and went back to shut off the mower.
I turned it off, looked around, nothing, then all of a sudden my arms get stinging..... WTF.
I run up to the house, show my wife, she says to strip and get into the shower and use soap and water to clean those red areas....
I did, it felt good.
Googled biting flies and I see I got bit by deer flys....

Well, lesson is to keep the grass mowed low, etc, they like that sorta environment.

Took some Benadryl just to be safe.

That was a first for me, wasn’t fun Shocked

I saw this in a movie once... Shocked

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Ludicrous Speed !... ... Huh

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raydawg Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 11551 pacific northwest Gender:	Re: YIKES.......!!!! Reply #11 - 07/14/18 at 10:00:51 I saw this in a movie once... OH NO..... it wasn't a w-hore story was it?
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10586 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: YIKES.......!!!! Reply #12 - 07/14/18 at 17:47:09 raydawg wrote on 07/14/18 at 08:19:27: I read any cologne from Avon works really good to repel them The product Avon makes that is a good bug repellent is “Skin so Soft”.
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prechermike Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Kalashna Kitty, from Skat Posts: 1190 Ponzer, NC Gender:	Re: YIKES.......!!!! Reply #13 - 07/15/18 at 11:00:54 We have plenty of deer flies around here. There is not much you can do to get rid of them, I did try this and it worked pretty good. a blue cup painted with something sticky, tanglegfoot (which is a product to keep worms from crawling up trees) or even STP oil treatment.
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