deer fly

See also: deerfly

English

Chrysops callidus

Noun

deer fly (plural deer flies)

1. A Eurasian species of louse fly in the family Hippoboscidae, ; parasites of elk, deer and other bovine animals, sucking blood and laying eggs in the fur of the host animals.
2. A gold or green eyed horsefly of the genus 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)
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• Swedish: älgfluga (sv) c

horsefly of the genus Chrysops

• Finnish: sokkopaarma (fi)
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See also

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

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