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breadonbread3000 t1_iv5khpm wrote

Is that Dr oz?

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ThicccScrotum t1_iv5ntrj wrote

Yes, you can tell by the way it looks.

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UncomfortablyNumb43 t1_iv5mez0 wrote

Nonono…he said they carry Lyme disease…not Slyme disease…I can see where you would get confused though…

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MrSchaudenfreude t1_iv5r0q6 wrote

They rode in on deer from Jerzy. The deer are migrating here for a better chance.

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lyncati t1_iv604dp wrote

I heard it say "buy this pill now to lose weight", so yeah, I think it is the snake oil salesman himself.

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wagsman t1_iv66gwd wrote

Why yes it is. It’s a parasitic creature that takes advantage of its host. Just like a New Jersey resident tries to grift the state next door.

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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_iv5yqet wrote

Additionally it sounds like you're unlikely to get bitten except when actively skinning a deer carcass.

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Roxmysox68 t1_iv7iawu wrote

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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Hi_hosey t1_iv6b122 wrote

First time I saw them was 2 years ago. Both my DIL and I have been bitten from just walking in the woods. Not in PA - in NH.

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AjayiMVP t1_iv6188m wrote

That’s a bunch of horseshit that makes no sense.

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SafetyNoodle t1_iv61opx wrote

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

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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dolanbp t1_iv6d805 wrote

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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point_breeze69 t1_iv6401r wrote

No they transmit limes. They are great for preventing scurvy.

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IamSauerKraut t1_iv8tqs1 wrote

Think they might also have some oranges with those limes?

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point_breeze69 t1_iv9wduc wrote

They are basically the bug version of those Chiquita dancers with the fruit on their head from back in the day. So yea.

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InvestmentPatient117 t1_iv7g65r wrote

Had cat scratch when I was a kid. My neck gland blew up the size of a softball. Luckily antibiotics took it down

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fuckit5555553 t1_iv5tg2j wrote

Looks like PennState is researching them.

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Hib3rnian t1_iv5vc17 wrote

Nature isn't kind.

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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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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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drunkmonkey176 OP t1_iv7i4oy wrote

I'm on a three week antibiotic regimen myself for Lyme. I don't have issues in my neck, but the shoulders, elbows and especially hands are horrible.

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Creative_Camel t1_iv7r3c1 wrote

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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ISmellMyWifesAss t1_iv6m8dr wrote

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

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lilwolp t1_iv7bzbh wrote

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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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

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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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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CQU617 t1_iv63bsn wrote

Wow. Didn’t know this. Thank you!!

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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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