The horsefly he's a different sort, he dies of himself.
"Growth of the Soil"
Knut Hamsun
There was a flash of light and a whistle past his ear, the sound of a hurried horsefly.
"Caribbee"
Thomas Hoover
Some parties did, but not her; and she having to be up and on the way to horsefly Mountain by six-thirty in the A.M.!
"Ma Pettengill"
Harry Leon Wilson