Deer flies, sometimes grouped with horseflies or moose flies, are small flying insects with painful bites found all over the world. This kind of fly is persistent and leaves behind annoying ...

Acquiring tularemia from a deer fly bite can cause a skin ulcer to appear at the site of the bite. Horseflies are large and belong to the same family as deer flies. They can grow up to 1 1/4 ...

Try calamine lotion or anti-itch cream. As with other bites, try not to scratch because ... Symptoms may vary by the type of fly. Horse and deer flies have scissor-like mouths that will painfully ...

Females of both deer and horse flies fly in noisy, fast circles around their chosen victim, and can inflict painful bites. Also called punkies or biting midges, no-see-ums resemble miniature ...

Photo: Shutterstock No-see-ums and deer flies add their personalities to the torment mix. No-see-ums combine near-invisibility with a bite vastly out of proportion to their size. They aren’t ...