Fri 2011-09-02 
A small grey Tachinid fly from back in April: Ramonda spathulata (Diptera: Tachinidae). ID confirmed by Theo Zeegers here.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-04-29.
Thu 2011-09-01 
A small yellow fly that I noticed on our living room window one afternoon back in late June. The swollen yellow femurs on the hind legs are a characteristic of Meromyza sp (Diptera: Chloropidae).
Photos taken in Reading, UK on 2011-06-29.
Wed 2011-08-31 
Another species of small fly from the long grass on the east bank of the middle lake: probably Geomyza tripunctata (Diptera: Opomyzidae).
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-08-29.
Tue 2011-08-30 
One of several new species of small fly that I found in the long grass on the east bank of the middle lake: probably a Lonchoptera sp (Diptera: Lonchopteridae).
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-08-29.
Mon 2011-08-29 
An early instar nymph of the green shieldbug, Palomena prasina (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). See here and here for photos of later instar nymphs of this species.
Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2011-07-02.
