Wed 2011-07-13 
What I think is wild basil (Clinopodium vulgare). A week or so earlier the flowers had not yet come out and the plants looked like this.
Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2011-07-11.
Tue 2011-07-12 
Originally I had this down as an Ichneumon wasp but I now think it is a wasp of the genus Gasteruption (Hymenoptera: Gasteruptiidae). The narrow waist, the long thin black and red abdomen raised above the folded wings, the long ovipositor (in females), and the swollen hind tibiae, are all characteristic of this genus. For many more photos of members of this genus, see this page at Alain Ramel's Les Insectes site (starting about a fifth of the way down).
Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2011-07-11.
Mon 2011-07-11 
A green hairstreak butterfly, Callophrys rubi (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), on germander speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys).
Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2011-05-20.
Sun 2011-07-10 
A small cluster fly, Pollenia sp (Diptera: Calliphoridae), on knapweed (Centaurea sp).
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-05-19.
Sat 2011-07-09 
A white ermine moth, Spilosoma lubricipeda (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae).
Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2011-05-04.
