deer fly
Woodland biting pest
A deer fly is a biting fly that attacks mammals, including humans and deer.
Smaller than horse flies but similarly bloodthirsty, deer flies slice skin with scissor-like mouthparts and lap up the blood.
They're persistent pests in wooded areas during summer months, circling the head before landing to bite.
Bodily or emotional distress
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
- rednessCrimson-hued state
- itchUrge to scratch
- weltRaised skin injury
irritation · inflammation · allergic reaction · anticoagulant · saliva · puncture · lesion · infection
Cause of aggravation
- infestationPest takeover situation
- annoyanceState of being bothered
- swarmMass of moving insects
- menaceSource of potential harm
irritation · bother · harassment · trap · control · management · livestock · horses
- antennaeSensory appendages on insects
- compound eyesMulti-lensed visual organs
- larvaeImmature metamorphosing creatures
- pupaeMetamorphosis middle stage
metamorphosis · thorax · abdomen · exoskeleton · arthropod · invertebrate · entomology · female
pain
Bodily or emotional distress
welt · irritation · inflammation · allergic reaction · anticoagulant · saliva · puncture · lesion · infection · scratching
nuisance
Cause of aggravation
- infestationPest takeover situation
- annoyanceState of being bothered
- swarmMass of moving insects
menace · irritation · bother · harassment · trap · control · management · livestock · horses · cattle
diptera
- antennaeSensory appendages on insects
- compound eyesMulti-lensed visual organs
- larvaeImmature metamorphosing creatures
pupae · metamorphosis · thorax · abdomen · exoskeleton · arthropod · invertebrate · entomology · female · wetlands
woods
Forested area
forest · meadow · creek · wilderness · wetland · summer · humidity · august · heatwave · outdoors
- blood feedersmosquito, tick, flea, louse, bedbug
- bloodsuckersmosquito, tick, flea, leech, bedbug
- flieshousefly, blowfly, hoverfly, botfly, greenbottle
- pestsants, ant, bugs, cockroach, cockroaches
- deer ailmentsbrainworm, prion disease, wasting syndrome, lungworm, lungworms
- water insectswater strider, water boatman, water bug, water beetle, giant water bug