Worldwide there are around 2,700 species of soldierfly, but less than fifty of them are found in the UK. It’s not really clear why they’re called soldierflies, because they are harmless to humans, but many of them have a metallic … Continued
R and I had to take it pretty easy today, both of us having reacted quite strongly to one of yesterday’s vaccinations. I can’t be sure which, but the nurse did warn us that the pneumonia jab can bring on … Continued
This is a female Twin-spot Centurion – Sargus bipunctatus – which is a large and quite commonplace soldier fly. The term ‘soldier fly’ seems to suggest that they’re in some way dangerous, but that’s so far from being the case … Continued