I found this on my head the second time today, last time i thought it was a spider (with doubts)
So i tried to look for it for like 1-2 hours before i got it finally
But they did not look like the first image because they can shed their wings when finding a suitible host and their wing shed form does get less acssociated with its name.
Its at least harmless because it does not really carry illnesses but it can leave an itchy head for weeks :/
Better than ill at least
Where I live we call these elk flies (älgflugor).
They hate garlic.
When I was a kid my whole class took a trip to the woods and walked through a swarm of them. Thing is, we’d had cooking class the day before, and everyone in the same group as the kid who loved spicy food was unaffected. So 15 of us had to comb them out of our hair while the other 5 watched and laughed.
So just eat spicy food until you ooze of it and you’ll be fine.
thats glorious news (because its supporting my favorite foods)