Wasps and horse poop

[FFAQ]

Now this might be a common phenomenon that I have been completely oblivious to over the years, but since I moved yards about 6 weeks ago I have noticed wasps seeming very interested in my horses poo when I'm poo picking. Is this a normal thing that I've just never noticed? We do seem to have an awful lot of wasps around this summer, so maybe that's why I'm only just noticing it...

 

[skint1]

It's funny you should say that, I have noticed the same thing this year, never noticed it before- I am pretty aware of wasps, so I think I'd have noticed

 

[Red-1]

I have never noticed this. Do you horses have access to sweet things, like blackberries or windfalls?

 

[FFAQ]

There are blackberries in the hedge, but there have been in all the yards we've been at. The only dietary change I can think of is that I did the equibiome test and foods this year so they are now on biome food 7 and oily herbs.

 

[cobgoblin]

Could be after the moisture.

 

[Barton Bounty]

Wasps have been extremely late coming out in my area , blinking annoying ?

 

[Snow Falcon]

My friend got stung the other week and had a nasty reaction. I hate wasps!!!

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

There are more wasps because of the long hot weather we have had I always see them around the water buckets in the field not seen them near the poo.

 

[SilverLinings]

a few weeks ago I started to see lots of butterflies landing on the fresher horse droppings in the field; I poured out a bucket of water onto the grass near the droppings and the butterflies went straight for that instead, so I presume they were thirsty and trying to get moisture from the dung? Maybe the wasps are doing the same.

 

[FFAQ]

Silver linings you could have something there - it seems to be the fresh stuff they're after...

 

[Bob notacob]

I shared a room with a wasps nest once ,for a few weeks for a bet. Against all expectations of my colleagues also sharing house, I only got stung once and that was by stepping on a dying wasp on the floor. It seems that if you live and let live they will ignore you as part of the scenery. Swat one and you have a war .

 

[skint1]

I shared a room with a wasps nest once ,for a few weeks for a bet. Against all expectations of my colleagues also sharing house, I only got stung once and that was by stepping on a dying wasp on the floor. It seems that if you live and let live they will ignore you as part of the scenery. Swat one and you have a war .

We have one in our field under a fence post- we regularly access the area, and the horses do too. I've reported it to the farm but not expecting them to do anything- so far we are peacefully co-existing.

 

[Keith_Beef]

Could be after the moisture.

I think this might be the reason. I've seen wasps come to lick up water on the table, from condensation on glasses, in the middle of summer.