Absolutely bloomin' sick of these black thunderflies...

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  1. Mr Badger

    Mr Badger Well-Known Member

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    Thrips, thunderbugs, call em what you will but today they are every feckin where.
    I'm fed up of wiping my face and my neck.
    Bstards !!!
     
    Mr Badger, Jul 16, 2019
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    You want to try working on a building site surrounded by cornfields wearing a Hi Viz vest, covered in the barstewerds.
     
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    Try DJing in a marquee with flashing lights in the middle of nowhere. My arms & legs look like corned beef.
     
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    Was getting attacked by ‘em at Beverley races today. Rubbed some John Smiths in my stubble - problem solved...
     
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    We were at Bempton Cliffs earlier this week. Clouds of the things, absolutely everywhere. At least they don't bite though, unlike the mosquitoes that reside in St Petersburg. I guess that's what you get for moving to a city that was built on a marsh.
     
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    dunno about thunderflies, but we've be inundated with ******* massive b4stards that sound like flying chainsaws.
     
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    All over us on top of quarry face today until we fired 2 tonnes of explosives, that shifted the little fickers, they don’t like it up em Captain !
     
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    Use lemon water on your skin the little barstewards give you a wide berth.. Big time...
     
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    I was told that was a reliable antidote to mosquitoes. All I ended up with was extremely sticky sheets (due to the lemon juice, before you ask!)
     
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    Tried this but got attacked by scampi instead
     
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    I'm only assuming, but you'll be wearing the yellow hi Viz vest? We had the same issue last year with them and the vests, we got told by someone swap them for orange. We were all like yeah ok mate, anyway we did, not a bother again from them. Don't know why, but it works!
     
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    European hornets maybe?
    One in our house yesterday about 2 inches long. Brown and yellow - European hornet, black and yellow - Asian hornet. The latter are the ones to really worry about and need to be reported if found.
    The former are just freetning, cos of their size and noise !
     
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