Cantharis livida, some flies I can't ID and a Beetle larvae

IPClark

Light is quite harsh on this one. Used flash due to my poor abilities with natural light

Cantharis livida Dark Form (pregnant I believe, Phil can you confirm mate, I'm sure I heard you say it was pregnant? )




Not sure of what species of fly this is. Think it's a type of Hover but I'm not sure





I suspect this is the larvae of some kind of beetle

Lord Vetinari

Lovely and interesting series.
Think your fly is a Tachinid - Ectophasia sp.
Bit puzzled by the last shot but I'd guess it's the rear end of a ladybird larva.
Brian V.

IPClark

Thanks Brian. Fat little fly isn't it

Yes I think you're right re. Ladybird although quite surprised as I didn't see a single adult.

GOLDENORFE

Tachinid look great , not looked at my shots yet!

IPClark

Cheers Phil