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fuckit5555553 t1_iv5tg2j wrote

Looks like PennState is researching them.

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Farleymcg t1_iv5v3w4 wrote

I don’t think it’s confirmed they can transmit Lyme to humans , from the article……. “Although several tick-borne pathogens have been detected in deer keds, including the bacteria that cause Lyme disease, cat scratch fever and anaplasmosis, it’s unknown whether they can be transmitted through the insect’s bite.”

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SafetyNoodle t1_iv61opx wrote

Replying to AjayiMVP (#450,491)

They're mostly flightless and they much prefer deer. It makes a lot of sense. Many parasites are very host specific and won't stray from that unless there is a super easy opportunity or a mistaken identity. From the article...

> Deer keds are usually found on deer, elk and moose, but occasionally bite humans and domestic mammals. [...]

> Deer hunters are most likely to come into contact with deer keds, as they process deer they kill.

> "Deer keds can run up your arm while you're field dressing a deer and bite you,” said Michael Skvarla, extension educator and director of the Insect Identification Lab in the Department of Entomology at Penn State.

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AjayiMVP t1_iv62eyt wrote

Replying to SafetyNoodle (#450,500)

Yeah, still horseshit. They have wings and do fly. When they find their host they drop their wings. You might be more likely to get bit field dressing a deer but that isn’t exclusive. I find a few on me almost every time I go out in Oct/Nov and do get bit. I haven’t field dressed a deer in years.

EDIT: The post I responded to was Nina edited by OP. It originally said something very different.

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CQU617 t1_iv63bsn wrote

Wow. Didn’t know this. Thank you!!

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dolanbp t1_iv6d805 wrote

Replying to AjayiMVP (#450,532)

Yes, but they are single-host ectoparasites. They tend to land on, feed on, and finish their life cycle on one host. They aren't like ticks that will go from host to host. They also aren't generally found on other animals (rodents primarily) that act as a "resevoir" for Lyme and and other diseases. Lyme and other pathogens found in deer keds were likely picked up from the host deer, and since deer keds don't generally move from host to host they are highly unlikely to transmit it to humans. That means the ones you find on you likely haven't fed on a host yet that could have Lyme or other diseases. There seems to be no evidence they pass Lyme or other disease to humans.

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ISmellMyWifesAss t1_iv6m8dr wrote

I’m not opening the article. Just say what they are.

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almost40fuckit t1_iv6nlw5 wrote

Gross little bugs. I try not to read the word used to describe the type of wings they have, it’s just reads in my head as delicious which obviously just makes it worse.

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LinkRunner337 t1_iv6w5j5 wrote

Bruh, what the fuck is that. I've never seen one of those. FUCK!

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drunkmonkey176 OP t1_iv6yxyo wrote

Replying to LinkRunner337 (#451,737)

They seriously suck. I had just soaked my son and I with bug spray and they could have cared less. They hold on to you and get in your hair just like ticks. And they fly! They've attacked us twice now. I won't be able to go in the woods again until it gets cold.

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kenziethemom t1_iv6zae4 wrote

I grew up picking ticks off of dogs and never once had one on me. I got bit about a month ago! It would not detach from me, and I ended up having to dig the rest out of the bite area.

I still have the bite area just chilling on my side. Just surprised me that I finally got bitten after several decades lol

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lilwolp t1_iv7bzbh wrote

Replying to ISmellMyWifesAss (#451,331)

Deer keds – flat-bodied flies with grabbing forelegs and deciduous wings that are parasites on deer – are more widely distributed across the U.S., and Pennsylvania, than previously known.

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Creative_Camel t1_iv7f817 wrote

I’m currently being treated for a Lyme-like issue after something bit the back of my neck in June. I wonder if it was something like this. We live in the NH woods with lots of deer, bears etc. I scratched it off without seeing what it was and within two weeks got stiffness in my neck, then in a month my shoulders and finally it spread to shoulders elbows knees and hands. After 3 weeks on antibiotics it’s mostly gone except for my hands and a little bit in my shoulders. My hands have it the worst.

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Roxmysox68 t1_iv7iawu wrote

Replying to SafetyNoodle (#450,392)

This is the first time ive seen them, harvested a buck two years ago and when i went to field dress it they were crawling under its armpits and needless to say (grew up in the woods my whole life and am no stranger to insects) i was thoroughly creeped out. Found out what they are and got it harvested but the butcher said hes never seen them in these numbers before. I wonder if they have anything to do with these new diseases on whitetails in recent years. I don’t remember in all the years my grandfather had me hunting with him and being in the woods do i ever remember seeing them.

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EvetsYenoham t1_iv7kp9w wrote

When can we get a Lyme vaccine? They shit out a Covid vaccine in like 12 minutes.

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mainelinerzzzzz t1_iv7q0do wrote

I’ve never heard of these deer keds and I live and work in in north central PA woods.

An invasive species, just another gift from Asia/China. Fuck China and whatever importer brought in the goods infected with these things.

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Creative_Camel t1_iv7r3c1 wrote

Replying to drunkmonkey176 (#452,567)

Three weeks is not enough!
Lyme reproduces in the body on a 30 day cycle You need 5 weeks minimum so when the new spores hatch you definitely kill them. Look up the Lyme expert Dr Joseph Burrascano. My daughter had a bad case of Lyme and it never came back after 5 weeks of doxycycline

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