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, and it regularly inspects our over-ripe compost bins.The larvae are fully aquatic, the so-called rat-tailed maggots. The rat-tail is actually a telescopic breathing siphon, which the larva periodically extends up to the water surface for a gulp of air. Of course

them circling over the compost heaps up at the local allotments, or settled chewing bark on a tree trunk. Then a few days ago I saw one flying in the street, examining a Reliant Robin for some reason. My heart soared.They first appeared in the area