"For now we are young let us lay in the sun and count every beautiful thing we can see" Neutral Milk Hotel.

Friday 20 June 2014

Atten......tion! Let's hear it for Soldier Flies

At ease now. Steve Lane introduced Phil, Robert and myself to some superb soldier flies yesterday. I didn't get a shot of the smartest -  a Three-lined Soldier, Oxycera trilineata (but will be searching for another one this weekend) but here are three others from Redwell Marsh as a taster of this group............

Flecked Snout Nemotelus notatus Redwell Marsh, 19th June 2014


 Green Colonel Oplodontha viridula Redwell Marsh, 19th June 2014



Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa Redwell Marsh, 19th June 2014




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