I hate biting flies more than most folks. My skin will not give up the itchy ghosts of bites for days on end. As to scratching, I’ll coin the phrase “there will be blood” – along with a scar or two.

For me, greenhead flies lead the despicable biting pack due to their piercingness. Our area harbors a few of these, as in a few million.

There’s no despising greenheads without tipping a hat toward the Holgate folks and their killer black boxes – doom hotels for greenies.

Elsewhere and hereabouts, most of us must take the horsefly by the horns by using repellents.