March Flies at Chapman Pool

not just shady moist spots - surprisingly I was besieged by them at pt culver on the beach a couple of weeks ago

from memomry the SW forrests always have a few around this time of year

Not just WA either. They are very friendly in Tassie at the moment.

according to Wikipedia (which we know never lies!!) "in Australia they are called March flies" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse-fly

OK, I stand corrected.

rr

I am pretty sure you are right rr... everyone calls them March flies or Marchies but I think they are really Marsh flies. Not sure why they would be March flies when they usually appear around October to November and the worst is usually well and truely over by March the following year. This year they have been fairly plentiful here in SW WA but they are certainly thinning out here in the hills east of Perth. They seem to be more numerous after a wet winter.And yeah when you kill one 10 of his mates rock up to mourn his passing and hold a wake while they try to gorge themselves on any handy blood supply.

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Pop

" No No No" .. they are march flies because when they bite you they make you look like your marching down the beach !!!!!