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 09-01-2003, 18:57 Post: 63032
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In the Ohio river valley in KY we had large horse flies(?) at least they looked exactly like horse flies. The first time I saw one was when I first moved into our house. It had high cedar celling I went to bed the first night and looked up to see a 3 inch long horse fly on the celling. Needless to say I switched rooms but did not sleep too soundly.
I never saw one bite but asked the one of the locals and he said they would rip a chunk out of you. I was never quite sure if he was pulling my leg.
I have never seen them anywhere else are they mutant horse flys? We were not that far from Oak Ridge.






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I grew up up north and kmow what horse, Deer, black, noseeum, mosquitos are. My record for horse fly kills when working awamping in the woods was 150 in 8 hrs. Only counted a kill if I got it and then stepped on it. Deer were 10 to one and easier to swat. I knew there was a lot and decided to count one day.
We would define when the black flies were bad as blocking the sun at midday.
I have seen mosquitos so thick that a canoe we portaged when from red to brown and furry.
I never caught one of the horse fly monsters, except dead and never had on light on me. As this was the first time I had lived in the south I thought they may just be normal for the south like the ticks.
I have not seen them here though AL and MS and certainly no one else has.
Does anyone else know more about them?






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I think that was the large blow fies that they released in the north. These are identical in shape and coloration to a regular horse fly except the wings tend to be a little darker and they are large enough to strip a large chunk of flesh from your hide, double to triple the size of a large horse fly.






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