Farnam Horse Parasiticide Education

If you ask horse owners to name the #1 insect pest, many would say “flies.” While flies can certainly be troublesome, they aren’t the only winged nuisance causing problems around the stable. Read on to learn more about pest management...

She may be doing a good imitation, but that hairy black-and-yellow insect buzzing around your horse’s front legs is not a bee. It’s a female horse bot fly, intent on “gluing” her eggs to the most advantageous spots. Give that bot fly some credit. She’s no slacker. In fact, she can travel several miles in the quest for a host and that host is your horse...