Your insect is probably a scorpionfly

Order: Mecoptera
Body length: 3 - 28 mm
Species: World - 500, UK - 40

Scorpion flies look similar to true flies but they have two pairs of wings which are similar in size and shape (true flies only have one pair of wings). In males the end of the abdomen is curved and held forward, so it looks like a scorpion's sting.

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