Hybomitra horse-fly bites again

[deebo846200]

anybody else feel that little itch on their arm?

[Chris75wet]

Amazing video. Keep up the great work!

[EightCounts]

oh hell no!

[TheCarltondry]

Yooouch!!! Great Video.

[clnmyjts]

damn blood sucker fly

[MrCubehead58]

Just listen to it's buzzing! It sounds like death and despair!

[blackdragonthebad]

You're a badass!

[JessusLovesDinasaurs]

ok that blood kinda looked tasty at the end.

[ookkonaaoulusta]

@1123359 No, you can't. Horse-flies just drink blood, they don't lay eggs under the skin of animals or humans. They lay their eggs on plants, or on rotten plants on the ground etc.

[hexcrackerjtj]

True art bro; love the blood dripping- an offering for the flies

[omgdan23]

Holy shit lol.

[TheFridgechucker]

you let it get away!?

[Konman804]

I fucking hate these bastards

[XxFinalFlashXx1]

I remember being biten by one of those things when i was at the pool, swimming i was young back then the life guards said it was a horse fly and they said it wouldn't come off even if i go under water this bitch was even on my head biting the life out of me! and i've been stung by a bee so now i'm so afraid of bugs i try to avoid them lol and i'm even afraid of flies horse-fly or not lol

[RetroVideoFan]

That was creepy! Especially since the fly is that close to the camera.

[lujkacha]

the bitch didnt close then HOLE

[SystemFreaKk13]

DUDE! dont let that bitch bite you they can carry nasty diseases like anthrax, tularemia and anaplasmosis

[ookkonaaoulusta]

@SystemFreaKk13 Yes, getting diseases from insect bites is always possible. I don't think we here (northern Finland) have anthrax at all, tularemia is here endemic but rare, anaplasmosis has been found at least in southern Finland. Some viruses (SIN, Hanta) spread at least by mosquitos are here quite common, although they are not that dangerous.

[P1MPIN100]

Damnit now im fucking scared to go outside.. God damnit

[19bstark]

it seemed like a lot of blood closeup.

[whittierdude520]

To be exact horseflys don't really bite. They scrape the skin and suck up the blood with their spongemouth

[DAtechdeckguy]

did that hurt????

[ookkonaaoulusta]

@DAtechdeckguy That much that you want to avoid being bitten by horseflies. It's biting my hand, and hand is not the worst place it could bite.

[muxammad]

@DAtechdeckguy yes

[IronKingLeo]

That was terrible... though I've only encountered these things in rural areas.

[TXejas19]

a friend of mine was biten in PT by one lol of course she got no sympathy and had to go to the hospital afterwards

[WUTUPCUZZZZZZZZZZZZZ]

@ookkonaaoulusta Exactly brah, i was in the proccess of running on the track, as it flew onto my face. I didnt have a chance to react, shit is still swollen

[WUTUPCUZZZZZZZZZZZZZ]

One of these bit me on the fucking lip yesterday, next time I see one I'm gonna kill the shit out of it

[ookkonaaoulusta]

@WUTUPCUZZZZZZZZZZZZZ How is it possible? Did you not see it or hear it, as it landed on your face?

[SOJUxGURL]

and a new superhero emerges! awesome video.

[10majfar]

Why didn't you kill him? Is this a new emo trend instead of cutting your wrists?

[ookkonaaoulusta]

@10majfar It would not have been fair to take a video of the horsefly and then kill her.

[shairaptor]

@10majfar I'M emo and gay

[CunningStuntUKg]

how can you let it just bite you!? they are well painful

[Otokarashi17]

dayum naitcha you scurry

[ookkonaaoulusta]

@Pkmaxey Try yourself, then you will find out : D

[SSjago]

I'd be all like , oh no you didn't and whoop his ass

[MUNKYLEFTOVERZ]

Ouch? He is indestructible.

[gurlzrule345]

swat it off dumb azz!!!!!

[ntrnate]

why is it that it causes so much irritation at the bite? when u let it fly off and your finger bleed does that cause less iritation?

[ookkonaaoulusta]

@ntrnate Few weeks ago I drove off the biting horseflies on my hands as there were too many of them, and got bruises and bumps on the skin. The fly spits some stuff into the hole it makes to prevent the blood from clotting. As it sucks the blood perhaps most of its poison really comes out that way.

[webkinzgirl008]

@ntrnate it fking hurts.

[VenixOfficial]

Nice camera

[dialchemy]

i usually let them start feeding on me just so i can have the pleasure of ending their lives.

[ookkonaaoulusta]

@dialchemy In that way you may get more bacteria from the fly into your blood.

[dialchemy]

@ookkonaaoulusta Thx for that advice although i flick them hard onto the ground then crush them. Disgusting things, still not as bad as slugs though.

[Dac719]

The reason the wound continues to bleed after being bit by a horsefly is because its saliva contains an anti-coagulant that prevents clotting...or so I've read from insect books.

[sanitarium09]

It hurts just watching this. I hate those motherfuckers!

[ookkonaaoulusta]

@sanitarium09 please watch my newest upload (Heptatoma horse-fly), if you want more hurting...

[StormchasersPAMD]

Why?

[ookkonaaoulusta]

@StormchasersPAMD I would say that stormchasing is far more dangerous.

[NotABagger]

This must hurt like hell

[zeromanthebest]

SIR!....i applaud you for having BIGGER BALLS than me.....i freaking HATE horse flies....i rather had mosquitoes -.-

[Dinosorable]

Ouch! Did that hurt?! Because you didn't do a thing! You just stood there and let it do its thing!

[ookkonaaoulusta]

@Dinosorable The fly in the video is biting my hand, near my thumb, and it did not hurt much. I wanted to get a close up video of a horsefly biting.

[Dinosorable]

@ookkonaaoulusta You know something? They suck blood like mosquitoes. And we have plenty of horse flies and mosquitoes where I live.

[ookkonaaoulusta]

@Dinosorable I was in a forest yesterday, Hybomitras did not want to bite... We here (Finland) have only 37 horse-fly species, most of the common species belong to the genuses Hybomitra, Chrysops and Haematopota, and they are quite small. It would be fun to see some bigger horse flies like Tabanus sudeticus (known as "the heaviest fly in Europe").

[Dinosorable]

@ookkonaaoulusta I didn't know there were different types of horse flies.

[ookkonaaoulusta]

@Dinosorable

really? have a look at the world of these wonderful insects at the Wikipedia: Tabanids, Tabanidae... : )

[Dinosorable]

@ookkonaaoulusta I don't think horse flies are so wonderful. I'd go with the small, blue dragonflies. We have a lot of those around here too. They're so gentle. I find them in the grass at school.

[ookkonaaoulusta]

@Dinosorable Yes, dragonflies are all beautiful, we have the little blue ones, too.

[Dinosorable]

@ookkonaaoulusta One time, I found one in the grass at school. And I kept talking to it.

[DerpPurple]

EW FUCKING GROSS I WANNA DIEEEEEEEEE OMG I HAVE THE BIGGEST FEAR WITH BUGS I CANNOT EVEN DO THIS IM ABOUT TO CRY RIGHT NOW KILL ME

[18dancex0x0]

that just looks mad painful :/

[Fuckthesystem127]

@18dancex0x0

It aint

[Cybernaut76]

Now these horse flies in your videos are easily the ugliest female beings I ever saw! Disgusting bitches who bite like heck! They make me sick. Eeeeeeewwwww!!!!!!

[puresouleternal]

Bad fly,eww :(

A fly recently wanted to bite me and fortunately I swatted it before it could get more painful.

[urmo345]

that creature got undeserved free lunch

[PGMEagle]

One of the best things I have found is, When Horseflys are comming after you get close to a big spiderweb. They will fly right into them and you will be giving a black widow a big meal. :-)

[coolbeanzs]

I hate horseflies, and they annoy the shit out of my dogs. I kill them immediately as soon as they land.

[alexmini123]

whats the 240 p light?

[savagezone]

It is so ugly. Those things hurt when they bite.

[Thebrianshoww]

Where are they located/found

[ookkonaaoulusta]

@Thebrianshoww Hybomitra species are found in Europe, Asia and the North America. Here (Finland) they live like other horse flies in forests and near mires and bogs. Here this and some other bloodthirsty horse fly species are quite common from June to August in the country, but quite rare in towns.

[MrLordike14]

horse flies are bad!! they can swell the part where they suck blood! and its itchy too

[ookkonaaoulusta]

@MrLordike14

It is due to the allergy. Some people are very allergic to them. Luckily I have no allergies. I just read about an Australian girl who is allergic to water!

[PGMEagle]

Thanks for donating blood

[ookkonaaoulusta]

@PGMEagle

my hemoglobin is so low that I cannot donate blood, but horse flies don't mind.

[bigt553]

WAIT u just let the thing bite u?

[ookkonaaoulusta]

@bigt553

yes. sometimes they are very eager to bite, sometimes they just fly around you for a while and go away.

[bigt553]

@ookkonaaoulusta but like doesnt it hurt? ive heard ppl say that a bite from a horsefly hurts like hell. but ur seriously making me think otherwise here.

[ookkonaaoulusta]

@bigt553

it hurts a little bit, but it depends on where it bites, and what kind of horse fly it is that bites. the bigger the fly, the bigger the pain, I think. of course it hurts more than a mosquito bite, but perhaps not more than a nurse taking a blood sample.

wasp, bee and bumblebee stings hurt much more, and there's the swelling and the possible allergic reaction too.

[hamster700]

remember i got bitten by one of these and my arm hurt like hell i had to be given anti venom at hospital

[ookkonaaoulusta]

@hamster700

was the arm infected or are you allergic to mosquitos, horse flies etc?

horse-flies put something into the wound that prevents the blood they drink from clotting. some people are allergic to that stuff.

as I was stung by a bumblebee as child, that really hurt, it was 1000 000 times worse than being bitten by a horse-fly. maybe it was a wasp or a bee that stang you?

[Filioberto]

that anticoagulant is damn good

[ookkonaaoulusta]

@Filioberto

nicely said.

[macutemec]

@ookkonaaoulusta im gonna barf. thats alot of blood

[RsGhost1]

I'd have squashed it :S Yuck

[ookkonaaoulusta]

@RsGhost1

I don't like them either. But they have so wonderful eyes!

[RsGhost1]

@ookkonaaoulusta Hehe, to me they're creepy as hell. Did the bite hurt? The wound the fly left you, seems larger than your average mosquito bite.

[ookkonaaoulusta]

@RsGhost1

It hurt a little bit. Horse-flies can make anyone nervous if there are lots of them. Like last summer as I was mowing the lawn in hot weather wearing only short underpants. Tens of horse-flies were biting me, had to stop mowing.

[RsGhost1]

@ookkonaaoulusta Where do you live? I have never seen these flies in the Netherlands :S

[ookkonaaoulusta]

@RsGhost1

In Finland. Hybomitra horse flies, like the one in the video, are quite common here. They live mainly in moist forests, near bogs, near lakes etc. They should be found in the Netherlands too, perhaps they are not just as common as here. I'd really like to see some bigger horse flies like Tabanus bovinus, etc., never seen a single one.

[mario64guy]

You actually sat there and let it bite you? Respect.

[ookkonaaoulusta]

@mario64guy

yes. they bite anyway, no-one can escape them. i was like testing if i could take "closer" close up photos and video of insects by adding a lense on the front of the camera. this way the image quality is quite good for video, worse for still photos.

[firmclock]

u now most of the horse fly carries parasites that can kill u

[ookkonaaoulusta]

@firmclock

it is a wonder, after 6 months of the bite i'm still alive!

[Luke7195]

OMG the blood

[ookkonaaoulusta]

@Luke7195

this i was waiting for. that someone says 'OMG'.

[Luke7195]

@ookkonaaoulusta lol hahaha

[scr8pdo]

You are nuts! Iam terrified of flies like that, brave man

[ookkonaaoulusta]

@scr8pdo

those flies, like this, they have wonderful eyes.

[2pakcaio]

got damn, nigga, that was nasty \o/

[shroomingnewman]

excellent video

[Dac719]

I think you need 9-1-1 for this attack. Look at all the blood coming out!

[ookkonaaoulusta]

@Dac719

a nurse takes more as she takes a blood sample! but it says in the books, that when hundreds of horse-flies attack a cow or a horse, they can cause "severe bleeding". I believe it.

[linebro]

why would you sit through it THOSE FLIES HURT

[ookkonaaoulusta]

@linebro

"You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs."

On the video the bloodsucking looks much worse and painful than what it really was. If a horse-fly bite comes as surprise, it will hurt a little bit, but if you see the fly and know what is going to happen, it's like nothing. Especially if you are shooting a video.

[linebro]

@ookkonaaoulusta i was exaduratng a little

by the way what camera did you use

[ookkonaaoulusta]

@linebro

camera: canon powershot a570, with a close up lens (actuallly a lens taken from an old video camera attached to a self made adapter).

with this close up lens at 4x zoom (=140 mm focal length 35 mm eq.) the field of view is 10 mm in the focus.

[ne0flux]

wtf, get it off!

[PGMEagle]

yuck