The pain was far more intense than a bee sting. I slapped it off. A rivulet of blood flowed down my leg. Like mosquitoes, horse flies subsist on a diet of blood. But rather than piercing skin with ...

A Museum fly expert explains what is going on. Often large, persistent and painful, a bite from a horsefly is an experience ... tougher skins than ours when they are feeding on a cow or a horse,' says ...