ilovecheese@feddit.uk to Ask UK@feddit.uk · 11 months agoAnyone Been Bitten by (or even heard of) the Blandford Fly?message-squaremessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up110arrow-down1message-squareAnyone Been Bitten by (or even heard of) the Blandford Fly?ilovecheese@feddit.uk to Ask UK@feddit.uk · 11 months agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRumbelows@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoHoly shit! This explains a lot. Stayed overnight in Derby. Had a fever that night and sudden back pain. Woke up covered in bites that needed antibiotics to clear up.
minus-squarekid4today@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoThat sounds more like bed bugs. No reported cases of blandford fly in derby, confirmed or unconfirmed. Where were the bites? All over? It’s rare to get a blandford bite above the lower leg.
minus-squareRumbelows@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoHuh. Ok, I stand corrected. Bites were on my face, mostly.
Holy shit! This explains a lot. Stayed overnight in Derby. Had a fever that night and sudden back pain. Woke up covered in bites that needed antibiotics to clear up.
That sounds more like bed bugs. No reported cases of blandford fly in derby, confirmed or unconfirmed.
Where were the bites? All over? It’s rare to get a blandford bite above the lower leg.
Huh. Ok, I stand corrected. Bites were on my face, mostly.