Rod Williams / Murky-legged black legionnaire (Beris chalybata) Beverley Court Gardens, London, England, UK. April.

Jiri Lochman / Metalic soldier fly (Odontomyia sp. aff. angulata) Lake Joondalup in Perth, Western Australia. Endemic.

Paul Bertner / Soldier Fly (Gongrosargus sp), Mananara Nord National Park, Madagascar

Paul Bertner / Soldier Fly (Stratiomyidae) female, beetle mimic, Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Rod Williams / Yellow-legged centurion soldier fly (Sargus flavipes) Brockley cemetery, Lewisham, South East London, England, UK, September.

Alex Hyde / Soldier fly (Stratiomys chamaeleon) female. Nordtirol, Austrian Alps, July.

Rod Williams / Broad centurion (Chloromyia formosa) male soldier fly, Warwick Gardens, Peckham, London UK June

John Abbott / Black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens), Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA September

John Abbott / Black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) flying from flower, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA Controlled conditions. September

Nick Upton / Green / Broad centurion soldier fly (Chloromyia formosa) female nectaring on Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) on hillside once used as a dumping ground, cleared of scrub to improve habitat for b...

Rod Williams / Soldier fly (Beris chalybata) female, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London. May.

Rod Williams / Female Soldier-fly (Sargus bipunctatus) Brockley cemetery, Lewisham, England, UK, September.