Sunday
Oct212012
Eyelash Fungus
Sun 2012-10-21 
Fruiting bodies of an eyelash fungus, probably Scutellinia scutellata, on rotting wood.
Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-10-18.
Entries by Tristram Brelstaff (3025)
Sun 2012-10-21 Saturday
Oct202012
Moth Caterpillar
Sat 2012-10-20 
A caterpillar of the grey dagger moth, Acronicta psi (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). I think it was on a type of oak (Quercus sp).
Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-10-18.
Friday
Oct192012
Anthomyiid Fly
Fri 2012-10-19 
A female Anthomyia confusanea (Diptera: Anthomyiidae). Probable identification confirmed by Michael Ackland here at Diptera.info.
Darkened cross-veins on the wings and a yellowish patch on the upper part of the hind tibia.
Photos taken in Barnard Castle , County Durham, UK, on 2010-08-07.
Thursday
Oct182012
Psilid Fly
Thu 2012-10-18 
From back in May, what I think is a female Chamaepsila sp (Diptera: Psilidae).
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-05-18.
Wednesday
Oct172012
Hybotid Fly
Wed 2012-10-17 
A female Hybotid fly, probably Ocydromia glabricula (Diptera: Hybotidae). Hybotid flies are like tiny Empid flies.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-10-14.
