Each mushroom, going into the woods, realizes that there waiting for him, not only mushrooms or berries, but also blood-sucking insects.If the mosquito man can defend himself with special sprays and gels, to protect themselves from tick bites or deer louse unlikely.
Who are elk fleas?
These blood-sucking insects have many names, but the elk or deer, they are called because the fleas have become the main breadwinners these animals.Often, however, fleas can attack and smaller forest dwellers, such as foxes, badgers, wild boars.They are found in the hair of bears and even birds.Of course, come to the forest, people, too, can be attacked by insects such as deer louse bite is quite unpleasant.
Areol insect habitat is extensive: it is found in North America and Scandinavia, in the European part of Russia, Siberia and even in northern China.
Most other regions in Russia elk fleas are found in Pskov, Novgorod, Kaluga, Leningrad, Tver, Yaroslavl and Vladimirovskaya areas.The number of insects is directly dependent on the number of elk and deer in the area.
Tights flea - photo
This insect does not seem to fly, unless it has wings.Lipoptena Cervi a different twist: after it enters the body of a new victim, folds his wings and tightly clings to the hair of the victim.Now, the insect becomes like a tick, although it is not a relative.
Tights fleas have flattened body, and the size of the insect is from 3 to 3.5 mm.On a flat head has two big eyes, holding ΒΌ all over the head.But apart from these big eyes bug still has three simple eyes.Mouth in insects is considered a solid short proboscis.Feet have keds - strong, with tenacious claws, due to which they cling firmly to the victim.Wings transparent in length is 6 cm, which exceeds the length of the body 2 times.However, elk flea fly very poorly and only for short distances.
To louse flew needed a good reason.This becomes the cause of the smell and warmth of approaching elk or deer.They hunt insects only in the afternoon when the light.Firmly clinging to sacrifice without regret psevdomuha folds his wings to freely burrow deep into the hair of the victim.
What's next?
to three weeks and the insect is fed sedentary his victim.After this period, it becomes sexually mature.An interesting fact is that the louse held together with a partner, find a pair of one animal is not difficult.Sometimes, there are insects on the victim to three hundred!The fertilized female brings posterity in 15-20 days after fertilization.It lives up to 6 months and during this period can give a new life 30 individuals.
young pupa, covered with a hard shell, fall to the ground.This happens for the period from October to March.Till August, the insect is in such a state, and then turns to the young fly.
Bites
louse bites hurt, and at a time sucking up to 1 mg of blood.An eating insects per day may be up to 20 times.How much blood the animal loses the day, having on his body up to 300 individuals bloodsuckers!Cubs cloven-hoofed animals often due to loss of blood behind in development, and animal fur is very dirty due to the excrement of flies.The bite is red, it appears tight knot that does not go up to 20 days.
