Another Tachinid Fly

A female Phasia hemiptera (Diptera: Tachinidae) on hemlock water dropwort (Oenanthe crocata).

A few days earlier I had seen a male Phasia hemiptera on this patch of flowers beside the top lake, but it flew off before I could get a photo of it.  On this walk I made a point of checking the same patch of flowers and came across this female.  I also saw another male but again it got way before I could photograph it.

Photos taken beside the top lake, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-06-13.

Tachinid Fly

A female Pales pavida (Diptera: Tachinidae).  Identification confirmed by Theo Zeegers here.

Note the hairy eyes!

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-06-04.

Hoverfly

A female hoverfly of species Leucozona laternaria (Diptera: Syrphidae).  For a male see here.  In the other Leucozona species on the UK checklist, lucorum and glaucia, the scutellum is orange-brown whereas in laternaria it is either all black or black with a yellowish tip.

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-06-10.

Tephritid Fly

A tephritid fly, probably Urophora jaceana (Diptera: Tephritidae) on knapweed (Centaurea sp).

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-06-10.

Muscid Fly

A male Phaonia subventa (Diptera: Muscidae).  Identification confirmed by Stephane Lebrun here at Diptera.info.  See this post by Joke van Erkelans at Diptera.info for how to distinguish P. subventa from the similar-looking P. rufiventris and P. bitincta.

Photos taken Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2012-03-21.