Fly Predators on Mackinac Island
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- Mackinac Island at the tip of Michigan in Lake Huron is a unigue and magical place. Entirely powered by horses, with no cars allowed, its like a step back to the 19th century. This video is snapshot of beauty of Mackinac and describes how the island has eliminated the problem that 500 big draft horses on an island of only 6 square miles can cause... pest flies.
The city of Mackinac provides Fly Predators to all the residents of the island and has completely eliminated the problem that flies can cause.
For more information on Mackinac Island go to mackinacisland.org
FABULOUS, FABULOUS, FABULOUS information about fly predators. I LOVE horses & to know the hard working horses are shown such care & love is so WONDERFUL. MACKINAC ISLAND IS BEAUTIFUL & A BREATHTAKING COMMUNITY!!!!!!!!
So beautiful and such teamwork!!! Keep up the incredible work
I love that island!! Just Beautiful...
It's on my Bucket List to go to visit Mackinac Island, Michigan, USA. What a dream community- horses and bicycles! Historic buildings and homes! DDT killed so much! I am so glad that Mackinac Island is ecologically aware now.
Betty Saenz it’s an amazing place. I hope you get the opportunity to go.
@@VersatileHorsemanship It is amazing, but I loved the Grand Hotel the best :)
Sphinx Rising I saw the grand hotel from the outside. Would love to stay there!
Awesome! I’ve been using fly predators for years and love them. I was on the island last summer and noticed that the flies were not bad at all. I meant to ask what type of fly spray is used but I forgot. We talked to some of the stable managers, very neat place.
Thanks for sharing, good idea!
Love the island and the Grand!
Fighting nature with nature, Very wise.
I was there in the mid 70s when I was just 16 & I do not recall any fly problem when I was there.
DDT
I absolutely love Spalding fly predators. I used them one year and it didn't seem like they worked but they must have bred over the winter because the next year I had Zero Flys. I have 7 horses and live on a cattle ranch. Having no flys was wonderful. Right now I cannot use them because it is to dry out here now, as we are in a major drought and they do need moisture, I believe.
“God in his wisdom made the fly then forgot to tell us why.” Ogden Nash - “If a panther calls don’t anther.”
omg. I remember running behind the DDT trucks when we were kids. Nobody knew! 🤨😁😎
Well...umm...at least you won't have flies the rest of your life
I rode my bike behind those trucks!🤐☺
Both people was right when they said, you will want to come back, but they failed to mention how you hated to leave.
Absolutely fascinating...
They have trucks and ambulances on the island.
they should try this in salt lake UT.
we live in the 21st century get with the program
No Carts….would end up like Put In Bay…..🤣
Flat tire at 10:08 :)
Does nobody else want to know the Genus and species of the fly predator? Why not tell us?
Maria Shelly I know. Right! 🤨🤷♀️
I did a bit of googling, and found that "Fly Predators" is the brand name Spalding Labs uses for the parasitic insects they sell. They're doing a bit of marketing trickery by selling the eggs as a "product" instead of insects used for biological control the way most other companies do, so they're not about to give you any real information. They may be using Nasonia vitripennis plus a few other types.
Tell me about it I lived above the state liquor store which was next to a horse barn. I use to feel badly for them that was1975 to1981
I was on the Island at that time & do not recall any fly problem anywhere on the Island & I was all over that place.
@@sphinxrising1129 well we had a horse barn next to the liquor store right behind the Nephews Jantzen Shop and a Joann's fudge. Horse flys that gave a nasty bite. Nancy Nephew and I ran the Jantzen shop for Frank and Joan Nephew.
where can you get fly predators?
villasisbacag Google Spalding Fly Predators. I called and ordered mine last week. I’ve used them for years and they work fantastic!
@@VersatileHorsemanship Thank you so much.
Look up Spalding Fly Predators on Google. I have used them and they work great.
Anyone know how I could buy a house there contact me please. I live in America and one day want to own a house there
Houses are fairly expensive there. If you can afford a house it is a nice place to live,
Zillow
How about some battery operated carts? That would cut down on the horses.
Really? Surely you jest............signed: The Amish Community
🥵I have ordered fly predators from several companies over the years and Spalding is the absolute WORST company I have ordered from. Their first shipment was dead, no signs of life after two weeks, I called to let them know that, they said they'd send a comp shipment pronto, they never shipped it, they admitted it had not shipped when I called them the next month. That next month's shipment also never arrived. We had flies all over the place. I asked each call that someone in the company contact me within 24 hours to let me know they were shipping. They NEVER responded. I cancelled the whole year's subscription and am demanding a refund of the dead early shipments I already paid them. They don't care how they treat their customers and they show utmost disrespect to their customers by refusing to respond to a paying customer when the order failed over and over again.
Date of experience: March 29, 2024
animal cruelty using horses for transportation
Fuck you
so I guess you think that henry ford was lazy for not thinking of it earlier the car
I agree everyone knows that the more a horse works the tougher than meat gets, after a few years you can’t even get a few good steaks out of them
Snowflake
too raw you probably wouldn't be alive if not for the horse and everything they have contributed. You and evangellyfish life might be better off somewhere else that is a whole lot warmer than here. Old expression, Get Bent!