Mon 2011-11-07 
From last year: a female Tephritis formosa (Diptera: Tephritidae) on wild carrot (Daucus carota).
The normal host plant for T. formosa is listed as the sow thistle (Sonchus sp) so the above specimen may have just been resting on the wild carrot, not using it as a host. There were certainly sow thistles nearby.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 20101-09-12.
Sun 2011-11-06 
From back in mid-summer: a female Terellia tussilaginis (Diptera: Tephritidae) on burdock (Arctium sp).
And this is a male and female, also on burdock, from the previous summer.
First photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2011-07-22; second one taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-07-26.
Sat 2011-11-05 
From back in early summer: a female Urophora stylata (Diptera: Tephritidae) on a thistle (Cirsium sp).
And from the same patch of thistles, a male and female mating:
Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2011-06-02.
Fri 2011-11-04 
Small blue-topped mushrooms, probably oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus), growing on a decaying log. This is what their gills look like:
Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-11-03.
Thu 2011-11-03 
Pyralid moth Endotricha flammealis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). This is a rather drab example of what is a rather variably-coloured species. Here is a brighter one.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-07-23.
