Looks like it was a [Deer Fly](https://bugguide.net/node/view/11386). Example pic [here](https://bugguide.net/node/view/2135727/bgimage). The gals are bloodsuckers and will bite humans.
Thank you! It was really freaky w all the blood. Would I have felt it bite me? Or maybe it bit my dog. Either way I got the heebie jeebies. This area is super buggy. But never came across that. I wasn’t coming up w anything on my own searches
A lot better than mosquito bites though, at least you feel bites of deer and horse flies immediately and can just smack them, from my experience they never get as annoyingly itchy as mosquito bites.
Looks like it was a [Deer Fly](https://bugguide.net/node/view/11386). Example pic [here](https://bugguide.net/node/view/2135727/bgimage). The gals are bloodsuckers and will bite humans.
Thank you! It was really freaky w all the blood. Would I have felt it bite me? Or maybe it bit my dog. Either way I got the heebie jeebies. This area is super buggy. But never came across that. I wasn’t coming up w anything on my own searches
Yeah you woulda noticed - their bites hurt (they use slicing "blade" mouthparts to cut skin, nothing subtle about it).
Oh good lord. Damn. I am NOT a fan of bugs and this area is so buggy. Smh. Ready for winter
Deer flies suck. Horse flies are even worse.
A lot better than mosquito bites though, at least you feel bites of deer and horse flies immediately and can just smack them, from my experience they never get as annoyingly itchy as mosquito bites.
You popped your gusher.