"Malcolm" wrote


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.


How about a pair mating? The males hold the females by the back of the neck
with their rears so they do appear quite long although the two lots of wings
give them away.
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Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK