Thu 2012-01-19 
A male hoverfly, probably Myolepta dubia (Diptera:Syrphidae). Last year I dismissed this as just another black Cheilosia and assumed it would unidentifiable to the species on the basis of a photgraph, but last week I had another look and noticed the orange side to the abdomen. There are no UK Cheilosia with so much orange on their abdomen.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-7-25.
Wed 2012-01-18 
Red campion, (Silene dioca).
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2007-05-20.
Tue 2012-01-17 
Chicken of the woods fungus, Laetiporus sulphureus, growing on an old tree stump.
Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK on 2010-07-25.
Mon 2012-01-16 
This time a female scorpion fly, Panorpa sp (Mecoptera: Panorpidae). Instead of the bulbous red 'sting' of the males, the females just have a tapered red tip to their abdomen.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-05-28.
Sun 2012-01-15 
A male scorpion fly, Panorpa sp (Mecoptera: Panorpidae). The large red 'sting' is a characteristic of male scorpion flies.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2010-05-26.
