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I'm very curious about what stung me on Wednesday 15th November. I apologise for the infantile way of describing the insect, but I have no real knowledge of insects....

The insect dropped down on my dining table so I picked it up with my fore-finger and thumb to put it out, when it curved it's back over and jabbed me. It was like being pricked with a needle, but didn't draw blood. It looked very much like an extremely stocky crane-fly, but was dark brown and not at all ditzy. It was 25-30mm long and very strong looking. Is that enough for you to go on?

Many thanks
Rita

ETA: I'm on the south coast of England where the weather has been unusually mild this autumn.