"Malcolm" wrote in message
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In article , Mr Pounder
writes
In August 2008 I moved into my new home. It was a very hot day and I saw
something very similar to this.

http://prehistoricparkip.wikia.com/wiki/Giant_Dragonfly

It was about 10 inches long and was hovering.
It had a head something like the head of a horse, thus I always thought
incorrectly they were called Horse Flies.
I saw them many years ago in a swamp - England.

Any idea what these horrible things may have been? This is not a wind up.


Where was it hovering? Close to flowers, for example, as if feeding from
them?

There are no 10-inch-long flying invertebrates native to the UK. The
largest dragonflies are up to 3 nches long.

When I first saw them years ago there were quite a few of them hovering
over a swamp.
In 2008 there was just one hovering in the back garden. Dunno if it was
eating the plants, I did not stay there long enough. Yup, I sort of ran
away...