Muscid Fly

From a few days back: one of several male Muscid flies that were sunning themselves on the trunk of a birch tree.  I took the following specimen which Nikita Vikhrev at Diptera.info identified as Phaonia fuscata (Diptera: Muscidae).

It was about 8mm long, from head to tail.  Named 'fuscata' presumably because of the two darkened ('fuscate') veins on each wing (though some other Muscid flies also have these darkened veins).

First photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK on 2012-04-11.

Longhorn Moth

From yesterday morning: my first longhorn moth of the year: a male Adela reaumurella (Lepidoptera: Adelidae).

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-04-11.

Another Tachinid Fly

From autumn 2010: Tachinid fly Sturmia bella (Diptera: Tachinidae).  Identification confirmed by Chris Raper here.  Easily confused with the black and white Sarcophagidae.

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-10-11.

Tachinid Fly

A female Macquartia grisea (Diptera: Tachinidae).  Identification confirmed by Erikas 'neprisikiski' and Chris Raper here.

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

Another Hoverfly

From the end of March this year: a female hoverfly, probably Parasyrphus punctulatus (Diptera: Syrphidae).  A common woodland species in early spring.

If I remember correctly, I saw several of them on my walk that day.

Photos taken at the western end of The Warren, Caversham, UK on 2012-03-29.