Can anyone tell me what I've just killed?

[bunchofkeys]

This bugger flew into the house yesterday, when I entered the house.
Thankfully the hall light was already on and I saw it dance against the wall.

A quick swipe and I knocked it out, so I could pick it up and take a picture.

What is this?

[Mr Squarekins]

That depends. Which one is you?

[paulguitar]

Pterodactyl.

[anonymous-user]

Why did you pick it up with your arse?

[knk]

Aedes aegypti?

Are you somewhere tropical?

[GliderRider]

Its name escapes me, but I did read that it is exceedingly rare and there is (was) believed to be only one breeding pair left.

[NDA]

Looks like a mosquito to me.

[ChocolateFrog]

GliderRider said:

Its name escapes me, but I did read that it is exceedingly rare and there is (was) believed to be only one breeding pair left.

[bigpriest]

See it, kill it, ask about it. The PH way

[Dastardly Dick]

Deffo a bloodsucker mozzie b'stard.

[blueg33]

Dastardly Dick said:

Deffo a bloodsucker mozzie b'stard.

You can tell the sex of a mosquito from that pic? Impressed.

[Dastardly Dick]

blueg33 said:

You can tell the sex of a mosquito from that pic? Impressed.

You should see what I can do with a jumbo bar of galaxy melted in a pan.... but anyways....

[rallye101]

Fairly sure it's a horsefly

[Heathwood]

Doesn’t look like it’d feed many. The hunt might have been a waste of time.

[blueg33]

rallye101 said:

Fairly sure it's a horsefly

Doesn’t look like a horsefly to me.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Heathwood said:

Doesn’t look like it’d feed many. The hunt might have been a waste of time.

A somewhat recession-Christmas in their household by the look of things!

[Simpo Two]

Going by the stripes, it looks a bit like this Asian Tiger Mosquito - but the continent is wrong.

http://www.tsusinvasives.org/home/database/aedes-a...

[hyphen]

It's the covid virus.

If you could post some better pics, I should be able to identify the variant for you.

[Byker28i]

could it be a robber fly - Asilidae
https://bnhs.co.uk/2019/conf/conf2016/BNHSConf2016...

[croyde]

hyphen said:

It's the covid virus.

If you could post some better pics, I should be able to identify the variant for you.