Wednesday
Jul252012
Hoverflies
Wed 2012-07-25 
A pair of Sphaerophoria scripta (Diptera: Syrphidae) mating.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK on 2012-07-24.
Entries by Tristram Brelstaff (3025)
Wed 2012-07-25 Tuesday
Jul242012
Gnat
Tue 2012-07-24 
A window gnat, probably a Sylvicola sp (Diptera: Anisopodidae).
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-05-18.
Monday
Jul232012
Capsid Bugs
Mon 2012-07-23 
A nymph of the capsid bug Deraeocoris ruber (Hemiptera: Miridae).
This is an adult:
Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-07-08.
Sunday
Jul222012
Horsefly
Sun 2012-07-22 
A horsefly: Haematopota pluvialis (Diptera: Tabanidae).
Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-07-08.
Saturday
Jul212012
Valerian
Sat 2012-07-21 
Flowers of common valerian, Valeriana officinalis. A sickly sweet smell but very attractive to hoverflies, wasps, bees and Conopid flies.
The leaves look like this:
Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-06-19.
