WHETHER they’re fussing over our fussing over our freshly laid faeces, landing on our bottoms while we’re having it off, or cheekily sharing our delicious ice-cream treats, flies have long been an iconic fixture of the traditional British summertime. But according to one boffin, although although they were once the scourge of our summers, sweltering Britain has now gone bluebottle bonkers! And it’s all thanks to good old-fashioned British patriotism.
Bath University entomologist Dr Ant Midgeley claims folk have never welcomed so many bluebottles into their homes, adding that this year simply everyone is loving the buzz, despite having no substantive evidence to support either statement.
Historically, the popularity of bluebottles – Calliphora vomitoria to give them their posh name – has been undermined by lurid tales of how they…
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Viz (Digital) - 1 Issue, September 2024