Sat 2012-05-12 
A common carpet moth, Epirrhoe alternata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae).
This is a darker one that I came across a few minutes earlier:
Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-05-08.
Fri 2012-05-11 
A female Protocalliphora azurea (Diptera: Calliphoridae). The males tend to be more bluish.
Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 201
Thu 2012-05-10 
My first fly from the family Ulidiidae: Otites guttata (Diptera: Ulidiidae). Sometimes known as Otites guttatus. Rather like a chunky Tephritid fly. This seems to be the only Otites sp that is found in the UK. Identification confirmed by Paul Buek here.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2012-05-06.
Wed 2012-05-09 
Slime mould Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa growing on decaying wood. This is the filamentous form; there is also a poroid form which looks like like a sponge.
Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2012-05-06.
Tue 2012-05-08 
A female Gastrophysa viridula (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) laying eggs on a dock leaf (Rumex sp). See here for some photos of the larvae that will hatch out from the eggs.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2012-05-06.
