Mon 2012-10-01 
Another fly from spring-time: a female Muscina prolapsa (Diptera: Muscidae). Identification confirmed by 'oxycera' at Diptera.info.
Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-05-12.
Sun 2012-09-30 
From back in spring-time: a Siphona sp (Diptera: Tachinidae). So-named because of the long foldable siphon (tube) that it feeds through. In the above image the siphon is folded and appears as the black thing protruding forwards from the lower part of the face.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-05-02.
Sat 2012-09-29 
A female Polietes lardarius (Diptera: Muscidae). The European species Polietes meridionalis is similar but is not listed on the UK checklist though there have been suggestions that it might be present here (for instance, see here, here, and here).
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-09-28.
Fri 2012-09-28 
A pair pf Pherbellia sp (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) mating in long grass.
Photos taking in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-09-26.
Thu 2012-09-27 
A male Sargus bipunctatus (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), a characteristic species of autumn. You can just see part of the bronze abdomen in the above photo.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-09-26.
