horse-stingers

“Little wonder then that people thought they would sting and called them "horse-stingers".”

The Guardian: Country diary: Loch Bran

“A fine rout, indeed, you chicken, 'said Reginald;' I know a fellow who ate up five horse-stingers one morning before breakfast. ”

Scenes and Characters

“We saw to-day abundance of insects, particularly butterflies and horse-stingers.”

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time