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Sitting where it does, it's interesting to compare the Irish list of asilids to the one for the much smaller Isle of Man. We have :

Philonicus albiceps (very common in the dune systems)
Machimus cowini (much scarcer but widespread across north of IOM)
Pamponerus germanicus (rare, 3-4 sightings in 30+ years)

I'll have to watch out Dioctria from now on.

Steve