Close up of a female cleg-fly (Haematopota pluvialis) biting the arm of a person in a damp woodland habitat in Norfolk, UK. Only the females bite. The

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Close up of a female cleg-fly (Haematopota pluvialis) biting the arm of a person in a damp woodland habitat in Norfolk, UK. Only the females bite. They fly silently and the first indication of its presence is a sharp jab from its blade-like mouthparts. The itching after the bite, lasts for days.

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Photo credit: © NIGEL DOWNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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