Summer trips to nature are overshadowed by annoying insects. If you are near a pond, then you risk getting a bite of the flies. Calfs attack and in hot sunny weather, and on a gloomy day. They can carry an infection, so you need to know how to protect yourself and your children from further trouble. These annoying insects practically do not occur in the city, as they live near all kinds of water sources.
Their victim they see from afar - it can be both animal and human. The horns have sharp eyesight, despite their name. In addition, they react to movement, feel carbon dioxide and the smell coming from a person. Like mosquitoes, only females drink blood. They need it for reproduction of offspring and laying eggs.
Sharp jaws cut through the skin. That's why stings bites are very painful. The wound begins to be unbearably itch immediately, sometimes the blood continues to ooze from it. It is advisable to treat it as soon as possible with any alcohol-containing solution or zelenka, since the bite of the flies can cause a lot of problems.
How to protect yourself against the hocks
- It has been experienced by experience that these bloodsucking parasites respond well to color. They are attracted by dark clothes. Therefore, if you are going to a picnic near a pond, it is better to wear something light. The more spacious the clothes, the better. Even better, if it is double, for example, two shirts or a shirt and a cardigan.
- The sword swirls over its prey for a while. It can be determined by a characteristic loud buzz. Be sure that he will not fall behind, so arm yourself with a branch and try to attack first.
- Do not be too lazy to pull the awning as a barrier against insects, especially if there are children with you in the nature.
- If you are going to work on a suburban site and are afraid to get a bite of horns, then use special tools. All possible repellents can be found in the pharmacy. Be careful: some of them can not be applied to the skin( only on clothes)!
Bite of the hindleg: treatment of
The female horn behaves extremely cautiously. For a day she eats a few dozen times and can tolerate a huge number of infections and viruses living in the blood of man and animal. The bite of the flies causes pain. In addition, these insects are not too clean - sit on the stool and on the corpses of animals.
Pain and redness of the wound are the first reaction. It is accompanied by itching, sometimes an allergy to the saliva of an insect. The necessary measure of bite treatment is treatment of the wound with an antiseptic. In case of allergic edema, ointment from bites will help. Soda solution works well. In case of a temperature jump, heat, vomiting, weakness, diarrhea, self-medication should be discontinued and shown to the doctor.
How to destroy the hornflies in your summer cottage
As a rule, it's the summer residents suffer from these bloodsuckers in the summer. To get rid of the flies, you need to drain the marshy ditches and pits. Or to install huts-traps. Such shalashik can be made from branches and cover it with a dark cloth with a hole. Horseshoes like to sit on dark objects, so they will surely fly into such a construction. In the most extreme case, you can resort to chemical drugs. Usually disinfection is carried out by the appropriate services on the written application of the victim.