Tephritid Flies

Two male Tephritis neesii (Diptera: Tephritidae) competing for an ox-eye daisy flower-head (Leucanthemum vulgare).

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-06-08.

Fungus

A black fungus growing on a willow.  To judge by the texture it could be a dried out specimen of tripe fungus, Auricularia mesenterica.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2015-02-28.

Cuckoo Wasp

A Chrysis sp (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae).

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-08-25.

Ichneumon Wasp

A female Ichneumon wasp (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) ovipositing into a knapweed flower head.

Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-08-10.

Fungus

A Mollisia sp. disc fungus, possibly Mollisia cinerea.

Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-11-22.