March fly

noun3

1. •
   Any member of the family Bibionidae of dark hairy flies.
2. •
   (Australia, New-Zealand) Any of the bloodsucking horseflies of family Tabanidae.

   • Leo crushed a couple of March flies to death on his splendid mahogany thigh and looked at her speculatively. — 1979
3. •
   Tipula hortulana (syn. Bibio hortulanus), now of family Tipulidae of crane flies.