Lipoptena cervi, the deer ked or deer fly, is a species of biting fly in the family of louse flies, Hippoboscidae. These flies are commonly encountered in temperate areas of Europe , Siberia , and northern China .

2024年10月1日 · Small, biting flies that feed on deer and elk, deer keds are a nuisance for hunters as well as hikers in the northeastern U.S., where the adults of the invasive species Lipoptena cervi, commonly known as the European deer ked, emerge en masse over a four-to-six-week period in the early fall.

2023年12月11日 · Deer keds are biting flies that feed on blood. They usually feed on deer and elk, but sometimes bite humans. European deer keds are found in the Northeast. European deer ked after dropping its wings. Photograph by Denis K. via iNaturalist, used under a CC BY-NC 4.0 Deed license. Common name: European deer ked. Scientific name: Lipoptena cervi.

Deer keds (Lipoptena cervi) are biting flies that feed mostly on the blood of deer but can also feed on the blood of other mammals such as dogs and humans. Adult deer keds live on their hosts throughout the year while the pupal stage of the fly resides in the leaf litter of the forest floor.

2019年8月21日 · With flattened bodies, grabbing forelegs and deciduous wings, deer keds do not look like your typical fly. These parasites of deer — which occasionally bite humans — are more widely distributed across the U.S. than previously thought, according to Penn State entomologists, who caution that deer keds may transmit disease-causing bacteria.

Lipoptena depressa, or the Western American deer ked, is species of fly in the family Hippoboscidae. The flies are blood-feeding ectoparasites of mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus and white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus. They are found in …

2020年9月25日 · Deer keds (Lipoptena cervi) are usually found on deer, elk and moose, but occasionally bite humans and domestic mammals. They are those annoying little insects that fly directly on to you in autumn forest, crawl into your hair and drop their wings like they have finally found the moose they were looking for.

2023年1月1日 · Deer keds of the genus Lipoptena spp. (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) are obligatory hematophagous ectoparasites of mammals ( Maa, 1965 ). Phylogenetic studies have established the monophyly among the Hippoboscoidea members and suggested that the ancestor of this superfamily was a free-living insect feeding on the blood of mammals ( Dittmar et al ...

2019年1月26日 · Deer Keds (Diptera: Hippoboscidae: Lipoptena and Neolipoptena) in the United States and Canada... Skvarla M.J., Machtinger E.T. 2019. J. Med. Entomol. XX (X): 1-17. An online resource devoted to North American insects, spiders and their kin, offering identification, images, and information.

Lipoptena cervi, known as the deer ked, is an ectoparasite of cervids traditionally found in northern European countries such as Norway, Sweden, and Finland. Although rarely reported in the United States, this vector recently has been shown to carry Borrelia burgdorferi and Anaplasma phagocytophylum from specimens collected domestically.