Tachinid Fly
Probably Pelatachina tibialis (Diptera: Tachinidae). Identification suggested by Chris Raper here at Diptera.info.
Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-06-19.
Probably Pelatachina tibialis (Diptera: Tachinidae). Identification suggested by Chris Raper here at Diptera.info.
Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-06-19.
A female Hydrotaea sp , probably Hydrotaea dentipes (Diptera: Muscidae). Identification suggested by Nikita Vikhrev here at Diptera.info.
Not as black and as shiny as Hydrotaea diabolus.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-06-15.
A male Helophilus pendulus (Diptera: Syrphidae). [I originally had this down as a female but was put right by David 'dioctria' from Flickr.]
Photos taken Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-05-18.
A male soldier fly, probably Stratiomys potamida (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), on wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa).
Photo taken in Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-08-12.