Moth Caterpillars
Thu 2010-10-14 Caterpillars of the buff-tip moth, Phalera bucephala (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) demolishing an oak leaf.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-08-22.
Thu 2010-10-14 Caterpillars of the buff-tip moth, Phalera bucephala (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) demolishing an oak leaf.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-08-22.
Wed 2010-10-13 Yellow stags horn fungus, Calocera viscosa, growing on the stump of a conifer tree.
Photo taken in The Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2010-10-07.
Tue 2010-10-12 A white bedstraw, probably Galium album, but there seem to be several other white bedstraws that it could also be. Compare with the yellow lady's bedstraw here.
The leaves are like this:
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-09-12.
Mon 2010-10-11 From early this summer: a female hoverfly, Chrysotoxum bicinctum (Diptera: Syrphidae). See here for one from the previous summer.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-06-19.
Sun 2010-10-10 Lady's bedstraw, Galium verum. The leaves look like this:
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-09-12.