Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ever come home from the beach with a large, painful bug bite? Or perhaps several? The greenhead fly was probably to blame, and — ...

IPSWICH – Katherine DeSilva, being of otherwise sound mind and body, wants everyone to know that she loves greenhead flies. “Fanatic” is the word she likes to use. And on a recent day, she walked into ...

Horse flies live all across North America and are active in wooded areas and near bodies of water. Female horse flies bite and feed on blood, unlike males, who feed on pollen and nectar. You can treat ...

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 ...

Good morning. I’m reporter Billy Baker. I usually cover the North Shore, but for a few days this week, I’m guest-writing Starting Point. Today, I’ll end my stint by exploring my hatred of Satan’s ...

Hempstead Town Supervisor Anthony Santino says he is working to combat what he calls beachside terror insects. He says the town is sending workers into the salt marsh ...

Keeping flies off horses is a worry that plagues many horse owners in the warmer months. No horse enjoys being bothered by flies, and while they are mostly a nuisance, they can also present health ...