Entries by Tristram Brelstaff (3025)

Friday
Oct042013

Leaf Mine

A leaf mine along the mid-rib of a hawthorn leaf (Crataegus sp), possibly caused by the larva of the moth Phyllonorycter leucographella (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae).  There were quite a lot of  these mid-rib leaf mines over several hawthorn bushes.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-09-28.

Thursday
Oct032013

Tachinid Fly

Trixia conspersa (Diptera: Tachinidae), recognizable by the dark cross-veins on the wings and the small antennae.  Identification confirmed by Theo Zeegers here at Diptera.info.

I caught this specimen and took these two photos later at home.

First photo and specimen taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-09-28.

Wednesday
Oct022013

Hornet

A hornet, Vespa crabro (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) feeding on ivy flowers (Hedera helix).

Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK on 2013-09-29.

Tuesday
Oct012013

Sciomyzid Flies

A pair of Sciomyzid flies, probably Dichetophora obliterata (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) mating.

Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK on 2013-09-29.

Monday
Sep302013

Anthomyiid Fly

A female Pegomya sp (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) on fungus. Identification by Nikita Vikhrev here at Diptera.info.

Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-09-21.