In the garden, a very shiny Broad Centurion soldier fly keeping extremely still, unlike the wind blown leaf that it was perched upon.
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A Pyracantha in my East Suffolk garden is pumping out nectar, attracting many hoverflies and this new species for me - Long-horned General (Stratiomys longicornis), an uncommon species of upper saltmarsh and grazing marshes in the South East
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One of our more spectacular soldierflies, increasingly being seen at inland locations
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John
I wonder if any dipterists could help
I believe that this is Stratiomys longicornis, but this species is supposedly from brackish waters
This is in inland south Norfolk near a pond
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First smart soldierflies are now on the wing in Lye Valley fen. First a female Common Green Colonel Oplodontha viridula, then a female Banded General Stratiomys potamida. Both sitting out a rain shower @friendlyevalley.bsky.social @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
Rob Stephens
Phil Wilkins
Tree Snipefly (Chrysopilus laetus) new to Yorkshire at garden centre in Shiptonthorpe VC61 . Seen 11 days ago but no pot with me...thankfully still on same apple tree today! Maybe garden centres explain the spread north? @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @ynuorg.bsky.social
Simon Knott
I said thank you to the fly gods when I spotted this female Stratiomys longicornis! What a fly! Seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes 07/06/26 @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social @kitenet.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #Diptera
Dioctria baumhaueri with prey, in my #Staffs garden, 06/07/26 @staffswildlife.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social #Diptera
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Lisa Williams
I absolutely love this photo I have taken of the robberfly Dioctria baumhaueri with its wasp prey! Seen at Houghton Hall, #Norfolk, 25/05/26 @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #Diptera #Hymenoptera @norfolknats.bsky.social
Would this be ok for Dysmachus trigonus? Seen at Houghton Hall, #Norfolk, 25/05/26 @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social @kitenet.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #Diptera
