Are barn flies and ticks driving you and your horses insane?

Are barn flies and ticks driving you and your livestock insane? Then you need to read this article! As summer reaches its peak so do all the annoying, pesky, biting, swarming insects. We watch helplessly as our livestock stomp their feet, swish their tails and rub against anything they can find. 4 times in one summer I had to call … Read More

Barn Flies and How They Cause Summer Sores in Equine

Barn flies and how they cause summer sores in Equine and major headaches for barns. For the South, last year’s mild winter, with an early and warmer spring was both a blessing and a curse. It was a blessing because neither you nor your horses had to suffer a cold, rough winter. The early spring saved you additional hay costs. … Read More

Facts about flies and Beneficial Insects

Facts about the common fly and how beneficial insects can keep those pesky, annoying, biting buggers under control. Musca Domestica is the technical name of a fly and the most common insect we encounter. During the warm months, they invade our homes, picnic areas, backyards and barns. They are elusive, annoying and far too difficult to eradicate completely. They are … Read More

Insect Experts are Already Predicting a Heavy Invasion

Insect experts are already predicting a heavy invasion of flies and mosquitoes for this summer. According to the 2016 – 2017 Farmer’s Almanac it is going to be a very wet winter for the Southern half of the States. A warmer and wetter spring may bring the onslaught of flies and mosquitoes. For most people that doesn’t mean a whole … Read More

Fall and early Winter Flies

Fall and early Winter Flies that can be a real Nuisance There are several types of flies that can be found around the barn and your house in the fall and early winter as they seek shelter from the cold.  They love to find warm, sunny areas inside and outside of buildings.  They will eek into cracks around windows, vents … Read More

What did one Fly say to another?

What did one Fly say to another? I’ll be back. Many farm managers are welcoming the cooler weather even if it means chopping away ice from the water buckets and shoveling frozen stalls. Why? Because the blasted flies are gone. At least until warmer weather returns. I think Arnold Schwarzenegger got his famous line in the Terminator “I’ll be back” … Read More

My First Encounter with Fly Parasites

My first encounter with fly parasites was definitely not my last. When I first heard about fly predators I was intrigued. I didn’t know a thing about them. In fact, I had always gone the conventional route, with sprays and insecticides to combat the flies at the barn. I had tried to “go green” one year, brewing up all sorts … Read More

Natural Solution for Cluster Flies

Natural solution for Cluster flies as the temperatures drop and these little guys head indoors. If you think summer is the time for swatting pesky insects than you have never encountered Cluster flies. These guys are big and black and make their debut in the fall when they tend to hover around the sunny side of your house. They are … Read More

From the Horse’s Mouth

From the horse’s mouth about those darn, annoying, biting barn flies. Can I tell you a secret?  Mr. Ed, the talking horse, was real.  All horses can talk if you would only listen.  How do I know that? My name is Hunter.  I’m a 34 year old off-the-track Thoroughbred.  In other words, I’ve been around the barn a time or … Read More

You’ve Got Fly Mail

You’ve got fly mail – those amazing fly parasites have finally arrived.  Now what the heck do you do with them? Your fly parasites will arrive in the egg stage, mixed with wood shavings or sawdust.  When you first open the box and hold the bag up to the light you might see a couple of tiny bugs crawling around … Read More