Wednesday
Sep262012
Hoverflies
Wed 2012-09-26 
A pair of Helophilus pendulus (Diptera: Syrphidae) mating.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-09-25.
Entries by Tristram Brelstaff (3025)
Wed 2012-09-26 Tuesday
Sep252012
Moth
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.
Monday
Sep242012
Muscid Fly
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.
Sunday
Sep232012
Another Tachinid Fly
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.
Saturday
Sep222012
Tachinid Fly
Sat 2012-09-22 
A small hairy fly, probably Voria ruralis (Diptera: Tachinidae).
Photo taken Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-09-18.
