Deer flies can cause purulent sores and long-lasting symptoms. Moose flies, which also thrive on humans, have already spread to the Arctic Circle.

Flies are best found after a trip to the forest, when you can open your hair.

– When they bite that neck, it can be quite a sore for several months, from which the wet drips quite properly, Hakkarainen says.

Hakkarainen is not the only one with symptoms from deer fly stings.

– The deer fly causes itchy skin reactions, some of which are prolonged. People know how to treat them well themselves with cortisone creams and antihistamines, Heino describes.

However, Mirka Hakkarainen has not visited a doctor but has treated the bites herself.

Hakkarainen spends time in the forest picking berries, mushrooms, hunting and training dogs.

– When deer flies start stinging the scalp, they are the easiest to find, sums up Hakkarainen.

According to Juha Heino, there are also people who have prolonged symptoms from deer flies. Some have not been aware of deer flies, and therefore have not known how to protect themselves when going into the forest.

– The skin reactions are itchy, reddening, just like any sting or bite. They can even have lumps. If the reaction is prolonged, stronger cortisone is needed.

At best, Mirka Hakkarainen has dug 34 deer flies from her head at home after the trip. Now the situation is getting easier, as the cool mornings make the deer flies fit, but when the weather warms up, they wake up again.

The deer fly has spread to the Arctic Circle

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According to a group of researchers led by the University of Cambridge, human activity is often behind the issues that threaten the seas.

Mining of lithium from the depths of the oceans, overfishing of deep-sea species and the unexpected effects of land-based wildfires on the seas. These are some of the fifteen questions that experts say we should address now.

As a result of the work of a group of researchers led by the University of Cambridge, a list of dangers threatening the diversity of seas and coasts was created. The article has been published in Nature ecology

In the spirit of the annual horizon analysis, which deals with conservation issues, 30 experts from different parts of the world assess what kind of effects different human activities can have on marine and coastal ecosystems in the next decade.

Several of the observed issues are related to the utilization of marine natural resources. For example, deep-sea saltwater basins are unique marine environments with a wide variety of life, but also large salt deposits containing lithium.

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Kolar’s Hannukainen iron mine project and its neighboring Kaunisvaara mine in Sweden are in the area affected by an earthquake-sensitive line running from southwest to northeast.

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