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 ...

Last summer my daughter was riding her horse in the south pasture when a rattlesnake struck without warning from its grassy hiding place. Carolina still talks indignantly of seeing the snake’s fangs ...

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 ...

Bugs. The ecosystem can't survive without them, but they sure do know how to ruin a good time. Roasting (and eating lots of) s'mores is less fun when bugs are biting you, but summer fun after sundown ...

Horse flies live all across North America and are active in wooded areas and near bodies of water during warm weather months. They will bite any mammal, including humans. Their bite is usually pretty ...