Thu 2010-11-25 
Narrow-waisted hoverfly: a female Baccha elongata (Diptera: Syrphidae). See here for some more of my photos of this species.
Photos taken at the top of Bousdale, near Guisborough, North Yorkshire, UK, on 2010-08-08.
Wed 2010-11-24 
A dark bluish-black Tachinid fly. At first I assumed it was a Pales pavida, but then I noticed that the tip of its scutellum wasn't reddish. Over at Diptera.info, Chris Raper and Theo Zeegers identified it as an Eurithia sp, probably Eurithia connivens (Diptera: Tachinidae).
Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-07-30.
Tue 2010-11-23 
Two forms of the harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae).
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-05-12 and 2010-05-15, respectively.
Mon 2010-11-22 
A small blue and red leaf beetle, probably an Oulema sp (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). According to Lech Borowiec's Chrysomelidae site, there are three northwest European species that look like this: Oulema duftschmidi, Oulema melanopus, and Oulema rufocyanea.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 3010-07-20.
Sun 2010-11-21 
A Tortix moth from back in mid-summer: probably Syricoris lacunana = Celypha lacunana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae).
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-06-20.
