Entries by Tristram Brelstaff (3026)

Sunday
Nov242013

Muscid Fly

From back in the summer of 2010: what I think is a male Phaonia valida (Diptera: Muscidae).

Photos take in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK,on 2010-07-30.

Saturday
Nov232013

Mushroom

From a year and a half ago: what I think is a tawny grisette mushroom, Amanita fulva.

Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-08-11.

Friday
Nov222013

Slime Mould

A slime mould with fuzzy red sporangia, probably Arcyria denudata.  It was growing on a well-decayed log.

Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-08-04.

Thursday
Nov212013

Ragwort

Flowers of common ragwort, Jacobaea vulgaris = Senecio jacobaea.

The leaves look like this:

And the whole plant looks like this:

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-07-20.

Wednesday
Nov202013

Sawfly

From back in May: a Nematine sawfly, possibly a Nematus sp (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae).

Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2013-05-11.