Wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle.

synonyms: Melophagus Ovinus, sheep-tick, sheep ked.

Polish: wpleszcz, wpleszcz owczy

Parasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humans; can transmit looping ill in sheep (acute viral disease of the nervous system); a vector for Lyme disease spirochete.

synonyms: Ixodes ricinus, sheep-tick.

Polish: kleszcz pospolity