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Hi Kahis
Sorry to hear that your drought is continuing. We had very long dry period earlier this summer, but now we are getting heavy rain. However the groundwater is still very low and many ponds have dried up, so there may be problems for some species. Fortunately some, like the stratiomyids, can survive dry periods. The global change in the climate will affect many insects, and in Britain I think a few will benefit from the warmer weather, but many others will be lost, particularly as small remnants of habitat are destroyed and not replaced elsewhere.
They are interesting times, but quite depressing. :(