Horse fly season brings biting insects and UV damage to pastures nationwide. Learn the strategies equestrians use to protect their horses this spring.

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 ...

Horse flies live all across North America and are active in wooded areas and near bodies of water. Female horse flies bite and feed on blood, unlike males, who feed on pollen and nectar. You can treat ...

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 ...

Two horses in Delaware have been euthanized after contracting West Nile virus. The virus is carried by mosquitoes. The Delaware Department of Agriculture recommends vaccinations for horses and ways to ...