Dead or alive ....

As many of you may have noticed, insects are out in full force this year. Although managing these pests can prove challenging.

Not only here in Europe , even the United States Farmers and their animals do suffer tough this humid summer.

Amazing how a tiny insect can cause serious problems for a 1000-pound horse, but mosquitoes can do just that.

They are in their habitat the perfect predators.

Not very helpful the the following statement but some of them are called "social stingers"

Bees, wasps, hornets and fire ants will vigorously attack in defense of their nests. The instant burning sensation from a sting is the insects’ foremost weapon in driving foreseen enemies away.

This is not valid for the horsefly and mosquitos.

But this picture shows the right way to show insects what horses think of them ;-)

Those pesky mosquitoes are more than just annoying.

This horse tries to catch a horsefly with the mouth ...

In most sting scenarios, pain and inflammation are primarily limited to a small area around the sting site, although dramatic swelling might occur if your horse receives a sting around the muzzle or eyes.

In general, horses rarely exhibit serious reactions to a single insect sting.

In fact, very often you will only learn that your horse has been stung when you stumble upon the small, soft swelling during a grooming session.

A smart horse shall come to pass in a group of people ...

People will do the work and fight the annoying and pesky insects in the name

of the horses ...

There are numerous reasons why a clean water supply is important for your horse,

and just one of those is insect control. Keep your water barrel clean on a regular basis to avoid that the larvae of insects can develop in the warm broth. If you have a very big water trough an other method of creating a clean water supply is to introduce a few fish into the water.