While enjoying a ride with your horse on a perfect, sunny day, you sink into the saddle in pure relaxation. Then suddenly, a horse fly lands on your horse’s rear end. He swishes his tail and the ...

Stable flies (Stomoxys calcitrans) are cold-blooded pests. They feed on the blood of their hosts, which include cattle, camels, horses, dogs and humans. During their feeding they can mechanically ...

Stable flies (Stomoxys calcitrans) are recognised as significant pests in livestock systems worldwide. Their biting activity not only irritates animals, leading to stress and reduced productivity, but ...

Hikers beware: Upper Peninsula bugs are out to bite. Biting flies have been swarming northern Michigan in numbers that even locals say they haven't seen before. However, what some might not realize is ...

Stable flies tormented Thomas Jefferson while he wrote the Declaration of Independence, history tells us. These bloodsucking pests are the scourge of beachgoers in Florida and recreational boaters in ...

This press release is available in Spanish. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are developing strategies to help livestock producers control stable flies, the most damaging arthropod ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The sun is shining, the wind is blowing, and you're skipping across the waves on your boat. Nothing could ruin your ride on Lake Erie -- except a cloud of biting flies. Biting house ...

NORTHERN MICHIGAN (WPBN/WGTU) -- While people are soaking up the summer weather, it's also a time when bugs come out in waves here in Northern Michigan. You may see a lot of stable flies along the ...