There'll be lots of local names  for biting flies. They all might even be different ones all over the place as it seems to be God's hobby creating beetles and flying bity things. With billions of species of them he must have created hundreds of species every day since he created the world on  October 23rd 4004 BC.

When I had a place in the country there wasn't a day went by that I didn't come across another new to me horrible creepy crawly thing in the house. I probably robbed science of umpteen unknown species evicting the damned things.

Never heard of them.. never been bitten.. Thick skinned !!

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I virtually never get bitten. Either they don't like my smell or maybe I do get bitten but my skin doesn't react to it.

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I am bitten to pieces by August mites .
Or in the case of my garden August ,September and possibly October mites .
They are also known as Harvest mites or Chiggers
They are tiny little blighters you can't see them but they bite big.
Luckily I am in love with the Anthisan and always have a tube at hand

It is true they have apparently  signed a four year contract/ agreement .

This is a church and also a tomb people are buried there .

They will be literally dancing on their graves .

Quote from: Alex on September 07, 2026, 09:36:56 PMThe cathedral is to be used for raves, in conjunction with a London nightclub. Sadiq Khan has posted his support for the venture, well he would wouldn't be, not so sure he'd be as enthusiastic if the London mosque was the venue. Sacreligious and sad.

What??      
I can hardly believe this, Alex.   
If this is to be,  then it is very wrong and disrespectful, and I imagine a lot of people will protest about that.

The cathedral is to be used for raves, in conjunction with a London nightclub. Sadiq Khan has posted his support for the venture, well he would wouldn't be, not so sure he'd be as enthusiastic if the London mosque was the venue.  Sacreligious and sad.