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Bitey bastards
Over the years, I've got used to the regular cycle of bitey bastards that we get here.
The horse flies come first, from mid-June to mid-July. They mean that I have to keep GB's hat on all the time, or he'll get an eye infection, and both the boys need to wear fly sheets on sunny days, and I average one bite a day from the little (enormous) buggers.
Next, it's the harvest mites. They only bother GB, the poor thing, and give him nasty scabs on his feet and muzzle. They appear from about mid-July to mid-August, although his poor immune system means that it's often into October before all the scabs are properly healed. I put Frontline (dog flea spray) on his feet, which helps a bit.
After that, it's the ninja bugs. The ninja bugs seem to be silent, invisible and immune to fly spray. I have no idea what they actually are. They most often come in the night, and love to suck my blood, leaving me with tasteful red bullseye marks, which then fade to just a red circle that itches like anything for a few days. They start in mid-August, and go on until the weather gets cooler in mid- or late September.
So with all that in mind, how is it that in the last few days I've been bitten by both horse flies and ninja bugs, while at the same time GB's face is covered with scabs?
ION, we had a BBQ, it was nice, thank you to people who came along!
The horse flies come first, from mid-June to mid-July. They mean that I have to keep GB's hat on all the time, or he'll get an eye infection, and both the boys need to wear fly sheets on sunny days, and I average one bite a day from the little (enormous) buggers.
Next, it's the harvest mites. They only bother GB, the poor thing, and give him nasty scabs on his feet and muzzle. They appear from about mid-July to mid-August, although his poor immune system means that it's often into October before all the scabs are properly healed. I put Frontline (dog flea spray) on his feet, which helps a bit.
After that, it's the ninja bugs. The ninja bugs seem to be silent, invisible and immune to fly spray. I have no idea what they actually are. They most often come in the night, and love to suck my blood, leaving me with tasteful red bullseye marks, which then fade to just a red circle that itches like anything for a few days. They start in mid-August, and go on until the weather gets cooler in mid- or late September.
So with all that in mind, how is it that in the last few days I've been bitten by both horse flies and ninja bugs, while at the same time GB's face is covered with scabs?
ION, we had a BBQ, it was nice, thank you to people who came along!
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Teddy
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Also bitey bastards can all get lost. My main foes are mosquitos, partly for the bitey but mostly for the 'I lie down to go to sleep and then I hear the tell tale whine and have to turn the light back on to hunt them down. Usually multiple times until I finally spot them and then that's another half hour of sleep I'm never getting back.
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https://www.nfb.ca/film/blackfly/
In other news, I hope to see you, at Worldcon.
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See you next week!