When the manager announced the layoffs, the fur flies throughout the office.

The gardener set up sticky traps to catch cabbage flies before they ruined the seedlings.

The horse-flies swarmed around the barn, making it impossible to sit outside.

In the marsh, blue flies swarmed around the pond at dusk, their iridescent wings catching the last light.

The wheat flies damaged the experimental plot, forcing researchers to adjust their study.

Freeloader flies swarmed the picnic basket, feasting on crumbs while the family played games.

Last summer blister flies swarmed the pasture, leaving several sheep with painful blisters on their skin.

The farmer sprayed the field to protect the crop from potato flies.

In late summer, willow flies swarm near the riverbank, attracted to the damp bark.

The helicopter flies low above the marsh to monitor the nesting birds.