Pond larvae ID

Jellyfire · June 2021

Anybody able to help ID this fella which was wriggling about on the surface today. Have seen a few smaller ones recently but this one was so big when it was stretched out I actually thought it was a newt

Blue Onion · June 2021

Odontomyia ornata (Ornate Brigadier)? Or maybe Genus Stratiomys? Evidently they are larger.

https://www.brc.ac.uk/soldierflies-and-allies/early-stages/stratiomyidae

Jellyfire · June 2021

Thanks @Blue Onion think that soldier fly is the one, Id say was around 50-60mm when outstretched

Pond larvae ID

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