Thursday
Apr122012
Longhorn Moth
Thu 2012-04-12 
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.
Entries by Tristram Brelstaff (3025)
Thu 2012-04-12 Wednesday
Apr112012
Another Tachinid Fly
Wed 2012-04-11 
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.
Tuesday
Apr102012
Tachinid Fly
Tue 2012-04-10 
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.
Monday
Apr092012
Another Hoverfly
Mon 2012-04-09 
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.
Sunday
Apr082012
Hoverfly
Sun 2012-04-08 
A male hoverfly, probably Cheilosia variabilis (Diptera: Syrphidae).
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-05-18.
