deer fly

See also: deerfly

English

Chrysops callidus

Noun

deer fly (plural deer flies)

1. A louse fly, a species in the family Hippoboscidae (Lipoptena cervi), parasites of elk, deer and other bovine animals, sucking blood and laying eggs in the fur of the host animals, found in Eurasia.
2. A gold- or green-eyed horsefly of the genus Chrysops in the family Tabanidae; pests to cattle, horses and humans, feeding on their blood.

Synonyms

• (Lipoptena cervi): deer ked
• (horsefly of the genus Chrysops): yellow fly; stout (Atlantic Canada)

Translations

Lipoptena cervi

• Finnish: hirvikärpänen (fi)
• German: Hirschfliege
• Russian: златогла́зик m (zlatoglázik)
• Swedish: älgfluga (sv) c

horsefly of the genus Chrysops

• Finnish: sokkopaarma (fi)

See also

• Lipoptena cervi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chrysops on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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