This
is another very large (having a body length of over
15mm) and fierce looking fly. It is a predator of
other insects, and is quite harmless to humans.
(23
August 2010)*
Above
and right: Gonia picea - a tachinid fly.
A
medium sized fly (about 8mm) which might be mistaken
by some for a blowfly. However, it isn't
and is in fact fairly unusual in the UK. It's most
distinctive feature is probably the white face.
(14
March 2011)
Above,
below and right: Anopheles maculipennis spp.
which is a species complex comprising Anopheles atroparvus
and Anopheles messeae. The former is more likely to
come into houses, which is where this one was found.
(Identification
by Tony Irwin, www.diptera.info)
(19
April 2011)
Any
mosquito is unwelcome, and this one more than most.
In warmer climates, it is a vector for malaria and
is implicated in the transmission of myxomatosis among
rabbits.
