I hope this doesn't sound odd.
My neighbor's girlfriend (? unsure of status) moved in last fall, this spring they put up a fence and she brought over her two horses. They have built a shelter for them. My question is in the over the past few weeks the fly population around our house has really increased. When I'm outside esp in the veg garden which is alot closer to the horses (perhaps 125 ft or so) I have been bitten by flys. These are not mosquito bites. We do have a small amount of deer flies but these look similar. The reason I'm asking is that these bites leave welts/bumps that take several days to disappear.
Do any of you have experience with this??? What do you do?
My hubby states these are coming from the horse droppings.
She goes go around and pick some of the droppings up and remove them to another area on the property (they have 2 acres).
Would it help if I sent up a fly trap?
Any insight would be great!!
My neighbor's girlfriend (? unsure of status) moved in last fall, this spring they put up a fence and she brought over her two horses. They have built a shelter for them. My question is in the over the past few weeks the fly population around our house has really increased. When I'm outside esp in the veg garden which is alot closer to the horses (perhaps 125 ft or so) I have been bitten by flys. These are not mosquito bites. We do have a small amount of deer flies but these look similar. The reason I'm asking is that these bites leave welts/bumps that take several days to disappear.
Do any of you have experience with this??? What do you do?
My hubby states these are coming from the horse droppings.
She goes go around and pick some of the droppings up and remove them to another area on the property (they have 2 acres).
Would it help if I sent up a fly trap?
Any insight would be great!!