Horse fly

Horse fly repellents are today very common chemicals readily available offline as well as online, so very technically, you are literally a few clicks away from some serious horse fly control treatments if you happen to have an infestation on your property. Normally, if you purchase a good repellent product, treatment will only consist of spraying the chemical on your horse to make sure the offensive horse flies are kept at bay. Alternatively, it is generally acknowledged that you can create your own horse fly repellent at home rather successfully. Many people are known to have done so. One of the most popular recipes is as follows. If you take half a teaspoon of what is known as myrrh oil and mix it with 2 cups of water, half a cup of apple cider vinegar and like a quarter of a teaspoon of citronella oil, it should turn out to be a perfect horse fly control repellent. It is also believed that adding like a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar to your horse’s feed on a daily basis helps. This is because this makes the horse smell slightly like vinegar, a scent most horse flies detest.

Horse flies and deer flies are intermittent feeders. Their painful bites generally elicit a response from the victim so the fly is forced to move to another host. Consequently, they may be mechanical vectors of some animal and human diseases.

Horse flies and deer flies can be serious nuisances around swimming pools. They may be attracted by the shiny surface of the water or by movement of the swimmers. There are no effective recommendations to reduce this problem.

Horse flies and deer flies like sunny areas and usually will not enter barns or deep shade. If animals have access to protection during the day, they can escape the constant attack of these annoying pests. They can graze at night when the flies are not active.