http://www.flickr.com/photos/55902740@N06/

this thing i think came home with me from cannock, its around 1 cm in size, it kept going after the blood from a cut on my leg- i thought it was a fly at first and kept shooing it off, it repeatedly came back untill in the end i managed to swat it but it was one tough bleeder, i have googled everything i can think off but have come up with nothing;.

sure its probably not a rare insect but ive never seen one before and just wondered if any one could put a name to it?

Brundle fly

lol, i nicknamed him seth

cheers milkie i wanted to do that but didnt know how

if you really want to find out, try http://www.ispot.org.uk/

though may be slightly tricky in its flattened state..

not just a cleg/horsefly?

Hey Paul

You still got the Wotans for sale – I have a buyer for my old forks.

Give me an email:

jamiearmstrongeditorATgmailDOTcom

Looks to me like a Flat fly or more commonly known as Keds or louse flies.

HTH

it does resemble a ked fly more than anything else ive seen but doesnt look quite the same but could be that type of thing

Paul – Wotans!!!!!!!! Do you still have them?

By the way I’m a zoologist specialising in entamology but all I want to know about is the forks!

J

j chill man ive just emailed you,lol

Jeff Goldblum?

Evil little blighter