Horse Flies
Wikipedia says:
The bite from a larger specimen is extremely painful, especially considering the light, agile, and airborne nature of the fly. Unlike insects which surreptitiously puncture the skin with needle-like organs, horse flies have mandibles like tiny serrated scimitars, which they use to rip and/or slice flesh apart. This causes the blood to seep out as the horsefly licks it up. They may even carve a chunk completely out of the victim, to be digested at leisure.
My broodmares are being terrorized by the little beasts and I am not sure that fly sheets would even help because they seldom attack the top or sides of the horses but in underneath near the udder seems to be their favorite target along with the belly and upper legs. I sprayed them with bug spray this morning but I really don’t like to do that all the time. I worry about how much the foal may be ingesting among other things.
Any ideas?
Tags: horse flies.June 23rd, 2009 Lynn 1 comment
Hello i have a horse that gets bugged by flys all the time and i don’t like useing store made fly spray so a friend of mine gave me a homemade spray it is 1 cup skin so soft bath oil, 1 cup apple cider vinegar, and 5 to 6 drops of pure Eucalyptus oil you spray that on the horses, it works really well the eucalyptus is what keeps the fly and other insects away. Give it a try it works well for me hope this works for you.
Lj