Common Stiletto - a robber fly at Dalgety Bay

Thereva nobilitata (Common Stiletto)
Dalgety bay
NT1683
19/06/2018

Xylota sylvarum, Dalgety Bay, Ross Plantation, 12/06/2018

Xylota sylvarum, m.
Dalgety Bay
Ross Plantation
12/06/2018

Fannia lustrator, Dalgety Bay, Crow Hill Wood

Loads of Fannia lustrator hovering in the sunshine beside the coastal path yesterday. Quite a big fly for the genus. It has very strong spines below, but quite why I have no idea!