When working out how to get rid of horse flies, the key is to learn what attracts and repels them, and what their daily habits are. Then, much like when we are trying to keep flies out of the house or ...

A VERIFY reader who is especially sensitive to their bites asked if there are ways to keep the insects away. 1. Avoid outdoor activities when horse flies are most active. Horse flies are most active ...

A horse fly lands on a steer at the Douglas County Fairgrounds. With a wet spring and a fairly wet summer, insects, including horse flies, are out in full force most places. A horse fly lands on a ...

Be on the lookout for an especially nasty and tenacious biting insect pest – the horse fly – as it hunts for its next blood meal. Despite the name, horse flies are not host-specific to horses. They ...

Jun. 19—Deer flies and horse flies can easily ruin an outdoor experience. They swarm, ricochet off your skin and buzz around your ears. Their bites are nearly as painful as bee stings, and they're ...

Keeping flies off horses is a worry that plagues many horse owners in the warmer months. No horse enjoys being bothered by flies, and while they are mostly a nuisance, they can also present health ...

The Louisiana coast is again buzzing with big, green blood-hungry flies. And that's a really good thing, according to Claudia Husseneder, a biologist tracking the recovery of horse flies after the ...

When I was 12, my friends and I sought relief from sweltering heat and oppressive humidity by slipping into a small lake near Pompton Plains, N.J. We swam out to a raft and hung on, enjoying the cool ...