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.
Wed 2012-09-26 
A pair of Helophilus pendulus (Diptera: Syrphidae) mating.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-09-25.
Tue 2012-09-25 
From back in early summer: a cinnabar moth, Tyria jacobaeae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). The larvae feed on ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris = Senecio jacobaea).
Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-06-09.
Mon 2012-09-24 
A male Muscina levida (Diptera: Muscidae). Lacking the reddish bases to the antennae that would mark it out as M. prolapsa or M. pascuorum. Identification confirmed by Nikita Vikhrev at Diptera.info.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-09-21.
Sun 2012-09-23 
Another Tachinid fly, this time Sturmia bella (Diptera: Tachinidae). Identification confirmed by Chris Raper at Diptera.info.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-09-21.
