Bipolar Posted July 1, 2006 Report Share Posted July 1, 2006 anybody got info on these flies I searched google but not really any pictures of what I know as flat flies, just for interest only really, the rooks I have been shooting of late are covered in them, more so then any other season so far, anybody else noticed this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coney catcher Posted July 1, 2006 Report Share Posted July 1, 2006 i think there hippobocid flies is tis what you mean http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek051108.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bipolar Posted July 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2006 Sort of these tend to have sucker like feet thanks anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancs Lad Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 Sort of these tend to have sucker like feet thanks anyway Yup...shot 30 birds yesterday and saw these in the feathers.....orrible little *******..... some jumped on me......urrgghhh... right ******* to squash aswell..... They are like ticks or mites with wings..........trying to find stuff on them myself... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSA Shaun Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 That's funny cause when me and a mate shot some the other day one was crawling in these things and they started to get on us. Nasty little ******* they were Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Elvis Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 I saw them for the first time the other day on pigeons.....yucky!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Elvis Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 Just looked at the link, thats very close but i would say they were more than a 1/4 inch long, more like 1/3 to 1/2 inch. nasty looking bleeders! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 reading this i'm thinking of packing up shooting and taking up BOWLS CREEPY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tosspot Posted July 6, 2007 Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 This is one of the good reasons to carry dead birds by their heads the lice cannot easily run out of the feathers and up your arms, carry by the legs and presto they're on you in a jiffy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Elvis Posted July 6, 2007 Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 Eeeuwww, can they bite you? i got 3 beauties after shooting the other evening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted July 6, 2007 Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 Eeeuwww, can they bite you? Ofcourse they can! How else would they manage to burrow into your skin and work their way round the blood stream and eat your brain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSA Shaun Posted July 6, 2007 Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 Someone has been watching the 'mummy' too much. No where did those scarabs go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killer rabbit (r1000) Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 This is one of the good reasons to carry dead birds by their heads the lice cannot easily run out of the feathers and up your arms, carry by the legs and presto they're on you in a jiffy carry a pickup-stick (the kind used by elderly / disabled) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Elvis Posted July 8, 2007 Report Share Posted July 8, 2007 How else would they manage to burrow into your skin and work their way round the blood stream and eat your brain? AHH thats where it went................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 Eeeuwww, can they bite you? Ofcourse they can! How else would they manage to burrow into your skin and work their way round the blood stream and eat your brain? Just a "light" snack then eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 I take offence at that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul in North Lincs. Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 the only flat flys I know about ar the ones where im layed on my back on a bench in the gym with 30kg dumbells in each hand..............................the're nasty too...............believe me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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