Nick Upton / Soldier fly (Odontomyia flavissima) feeding from Cretan oregano (Origanum onites) flowers, Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, May.

Nick Upton / Iridescent Centurion (Sargus iridatus) female standing on Rose leaf, Wiltshire garden, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Pair of Murky-legged black legionnaire soldierflies (Beris chalybata) mating on Mock orange leaves (Philadelphus coronarius 'Aureus') Wiltshire garden, UK, May.

Agustin Esmoris / Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens), Bahia Blanca, Argentina

Premaphotos / Soldier fly (Stratiomys potamida) UK

Premaphotos / Common green colonel soldier fly (Oplodontha / Odontomyia viridula) in a marsh, UK

Premaphotos / Broad centurion soldier fly (Chloromyia formosa) on a bramble leaf, UK

Andy Sands / Broad centurian soldier fly (Chloromyia formosa) male, portrait, Hertfordshire, England, UK. June. Focus stacked.

Andy Sands / Broad centurian soldier fly (Chloromyia formosa) female, resting on a leaf, Hertfordshire, England, UK. June. Focus stacked.

Doug Wechsler / Black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) on dead leaves, La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica.

Will Watson / Black colonel (Odontomyia tigrina), a soldier fly, on Branched bur-reed (Sparganium erectum) pond, Herefordshire, England, UK. June.

Andy Sands / Broad centurion soldierfly (Chloromyia formosa) roosting at dawn and covered in dew, Hertfordshire, England, UK, July - Focus Stacked