Seeking warm-blooded hosts is a constant drive for fleas. They utilize clothing, blankets, and carpeting to move between areas, potentially spreading infestations.
Suitable habitats include salt marshes, swamps, bogs, and areas along the edges of ponds, lakes, and streams. Deer fly larvae will feed on organic debris, insects, small crustaceans, snails, earthworms, and other organisms.
These flies thrive in diverse habitats including salt marshes, swamps, bogs, and areas bordering ponds, lakes, and streams. Horsefly larvae contribute to the ecosystem by consuming organic debris, insects, small crustaceans, snails, earthworms, and even other horsefly larvae.