have to agree that they're a fascinating little family and great contributors to our countryside. Without them we'd have lots of dead moles, rats and other sfas laying around being eaten by flies.
They are much attracted to light and you'll often get lots of them at moth traps (much to the annoyance of moffers because they can be a bit smelly and scare the moths
) ). So they're not the spawn of Satan but really useful and interesting insects!
Incidentally, welcome to the forum - we'll all be interested to hear about other sightings and will try to help .....