dog-flies

Updated: May 7, 2025

As the muleteer had sold all his wares he was indulging in a sleep, and had it not been for the dog-flies that teased the mules they would also have slept.

Various - Tales from the Lands of Nuts and Grapes: Spanish and Portuguese Folklore

There are also flies of very large size, called generally soldier- flies, or dog-flies; these have a hoarse buzz, a very rapid flight, and quite long lives; they last the winter through without food, mostly in sheltered nooks below the roof; the most remarkable fact about these is that they are hermaphrodites.

of Samosata Lucian - Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03