I was stung by something yesterday while hanging up washing. Whatever it was left a short brown sting, about 5 mm, in the bite - didn't seem to have a barb or a venom sac on it and DH thinks it's too small for a bee sting. My DB said he thought it could be a horsefly but I've been googling and there's no mention of them leaving stings behind - in fact internet says they use a scissor action with their teeth so doesn't sound right at all. Any suggestions as to what it could be? Now have a slightly swollen red inflamed patch about 4 cm x 6 cm on my arm - wasn't/isn't very painful* but is bloody itchy.
*Having said that, have been stung by a wasp today and that wasn't too painful either, so I seem to have acquired some sort of magic sting pain threshold level which is, fortunately, running alongside the fact I seem to have really pissed off the insect world (haven't been stung for 20-odd years before yesterday). I know this one was a wasp because the bastard was still hiding inside the jeans I'd been wearing for the previous five hours - it had obviously spent the morning climbing my leg and stung me on the inner thigh Stamped on it, put it in the loo, peed on it and flushed it
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Does this sound like a horsefly bite?
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DitaVonCheese · 09/08/2011 19:43
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