Tachinid Fly
Thu 2010-07-29 From back in May: Tachina fera (Diptera: Tachinidae). Compare with Nowickia ferox, which is similar but has black legs.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2010-05-18 and 2010-05-23, respectively.
Thu 2010-07-29 From back in May: Tachina fera (Diptera: Tachinidae). Compare with Nowickia ferox, which is similar but has black legs.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2010-05-18 and 2010-05-23, respectively.
Wed 2010-07-28 Six-spot burnet moths, Zygaena filipendulae (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae) mating.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2010-07-04.
Tue 2010-07-27 A figwort sawfly, Tenthredo scrophulariae (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae). Easily recognizable by its orange antennae.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2010-07-20.
Mon 2010-07-26 A rather imposing Tachinid fly. Probably Nowickia ferox (Diptera: Tachinidae). Similar to Tachina fera but with black legs and black antennae.
Photos taken in The Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2010-07-20.
Sun 2010-07-25 A dung fly of genus Scathophaga, probably Scathophaga stercoraria (Diptera: Scathophagidae).
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2010-06-06.