DCHP-1 Online
black fly 
a small, winged biting insect especially common in the northern woods, Simulium spp.
See also: buffalo gnat
- 1821 (1900) After passing a restless Night from the Attacks of Musquitoes and black Fly we embarked. . . .
- 1963 . . . the north breeds good fellowship nearly as well as it breeds black flies. . . .
- 1821 (1900) After passing a restless Night from the Attacks of Musquitoes and black Fly we embarked. . . .