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Help identifying a biting fly?

Asked by metadog (378points) June 5th, 2009

Hi! We were in Disney World last week on Tom Sawyer’s Island. While there, this strange green fly bit my wife 3 times. The wound formed a pocket that eventually burst leaving a painful hole at each spot (about the circumference of a pen cap). The wounds are a nuisance and slow to heal (she got hit last year too). The skin around them is inflamed. Last year we thought a fire ant got her, but we never saw the culprit. This year we saw him. Any idea what this fly might be? No more trips to Tom Sawyer’s Island…

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evelyns_pet_zebra's avatar

try one of those sites titled ‘what bug is this.’ At least you are not assuming it was a spider bite.

MrGV's avatar

I think it’s a horsefly I got bit by one on my face and it started to puss big time it was disgusting.

Harp's avatar

This guy, perhaps? It’s the yellow fly, Diachlorus ferrugatus, one of the more vicious biting fies that plague Florida.

Strauss's avatar

It might also be a deer fly. They are indigenous to that area.

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