At work we get deer flies. Bites can be described as feeling like getting stabbed with a serrated needle. Shirts, DEET, jeans, don't matter. They need blood to reproduce and they're horny enough to find a way through it all.
Both are pollinators so I guess this is somewhat true, also mosquitoes are crepuscular but they are also active during rainy or cloudy days, maybe moreso if humidity is higher.
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comador@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 33d
Asian Tiger mosquitos bite 24/7 and are found in many parts of the USA and EU now sadly.
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 33d
these are the type of hardworking immigrants this nation needs.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 32d
Are they known to be very gay?
Mac@mander.xyz · 17 pts · 32d
Why does this image need any of the commentary above or below?
Wispy2891@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 32d
Because otherwise how to promote that xitter account?
Mac@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 32d
Memorable name + generic commrnt + popular emoji
foodandart@lemmy.zip · 15 pts · 33d
FML! It was well over 90 degrees farenheits last week and the flies were BITING!
I got nailed several times by one of the fuckers in my car until it escaped out the window.
It was just a regular black housefly. I had no idea they could bite. Like a needle stabbed into me.
At least the mosquito is relatively painless.
Fuck biting houseflies.
tpihkal@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 33d
Most likely a stable fly. House flies have sponge like mouth parts for soaking up liquid and are incapable of biting.
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 33d
I had never heard of stable flies before. Here we have horse flies that are apparently similar but not the same species as stable flies.
ShankShill@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 32d
At work we get deer flies. Bites can be described as feeling like getting stabbed with a serrated needle. Shirts, DEET, jeans, don't matter. They need blood to reproduce and they're horny enough to find a way through it all.
And they're smart enough to always go behind you.
far_university1990@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 32d
Mount plasma coil on head. Zap with 200kV if get too close.
EntheoNaut@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 33d
Wispy2891@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 32d
In the picture isn't a tiger mosquito that bites 24/7 and not only night time? A hardworking asshole
far_university1990@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 32d
Workaholic
ShankShill@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 32d
I'm more worried about deer flies at work.
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 32d
"Mornin' Sam." "Mornin' Ralf."
ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 32d
Time flies
notabot@piefed.social · 6 pts · 32d
Time flies like an arrow.
Fruit flies like a banana.
dellish@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 32d
At first I thought Spy vs Spy had finally come to a cordial conclusion.
Archimedes@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 32d
They get wasps from a temping agency to cover the evening rush.
massive_bereavement@fedia.io · 2 pts · 33d
Both are pollinators so I guess this is somewhat true, also mosquitoes are crepuscular but they are also active during rainy or cloudy days, maybe moreso if humidity is higher.
mystrawberrymind@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 32d
That’s very accurate. Thanks for the laugh xD
Echo5@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 32d
Nature must be offering the mosquitos overtime.
starik@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 32d
Yep, night shift looks like a strung-out chain-smoker.
cattywampas@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 33d
Still better than winter.
Elting@piefed.social · 3 pts · 33d
I like sleeping in the cold during winter, but you have to put so much more effort into going outside or you get sad.