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Patch49 | 20:48 Fri 06th May 2005 | Animals & Nature
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What are they called? They are nothing like Daddy long-legs/Crane flies. They are very black and their bodies are about the size of a big bluebottle amd they have a large thick pair of black legs that dangle down. They are in the field behind our house in Hemel and last w/e in Suffolk when we went for a walk we were having to bat them out of the way with our hands.
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Think they might be clegs,also known as horseflies.From what I remember,they can bite,so keep swatting them away!
23:18 Fri 06th May 2005
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No - I know horseflies. They are much browner and their bites really itch!
23:33 Fri 06th May 2005
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Hawthorn Flies?

http://www.jaffs.com/trumpet/000056.html 

They have long dangly legs and are about in profusion at this time of year.

23:43 Fri 06th May 2005
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This is a better picture of a hawthorn fly, but also shows a fishing fly that immitates them:

http://tinyurl.com/9sush

23:48 Fri 06th May 2005
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That's them - thanks!
00:03 Sat 07th May 2005
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