Stock photography picture of PTKA07 Adapted Adult Bird Biting Blood Blood-Sucking Parasite Bloodsucking Claw Cling Deer Deer Ke...

ADHWRK - Licenced Description SEM of an adult deer louse fly (Lipoptena depressa), mag. 7x (at 24 x 36 mm). The deer louse fly, or deer ked, is a biting fly that feeds on deer in western North America. Louse flies (family Hippoboscidae) are bloodsucking ectoparasites of birds and mammals with specialized claws that allow them to cling to the hair or feathers of their host. Keywords PTKA07, Adapted, Adult, Bird, Biting, Blood, Blood-Sucking, Parasite, Bloodsucking, Claw, Cling, Deer, Deer, Ked, Deer, Louse, Fly, Ectoparasite, Feather, Feed, Female, Fly, Hair, Hippoboscidae, Host, Insect, Parasite, Larva, Life, Cycle, Lipoptena, Depressa, Lipoptena, Louse, Louse, Fly, Male, Mammal, Moving, North, America, Obligate, Parasite, Pupa, Reproduction, Specialized, U.S.