This, above and below, is a male scorpion fly Panorpa communis, with the characteristic turned-up tail that gives it it's name - but which is a piece of equipment for mating rather than defensive armament.
........ and here's the female, the object of his desires. Sadly, he never got the chance to consummate the relationship, because as I watched ....
...... she was grabbed and eaten by this predatory sawfly, which I think is Rhodogaster viridis.
A small everyday tragedy in the undergrowth.
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