Tuesday
Jun152010

PhpMyAdmin not working in Ubuntu 10.04 Server

Yesterday I installed PhpMyAdmin on my Ubuntu 10.04 server but when I came to test it out I couldn't get it to work: I just got a 404 Not Found page instead of the PhpMyadmin login page.  I searched the web and followed up several possible solutions but they all eventually just fizzled out.  Then the answer suddenly came to me while I was watching this video: I had omitted to select the configure for Apache option during installation.  I remembered just assuming that Apache would be the default and just hit Return without thinking, but watching the video made me realize that you had to explicitly mark Apache with an asterisk before hitting return.  Simple, and I am rather annoyed that I fell for this.

Tuesday
Jun152010

Green Beetles

A male Oedemera nobilis (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae).  Only the males in this species have the swollen rear femurs.  This is a female:

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2010-05-30 (the male) and 2010-05-31 (the female).

Monday
Jun142010

Hoverfly

A female hoverfly of the genus Ferdinandea, probably Ferdinandea cuprea (Diptera: Syrphidae).  One of the few UK hoverflies with dark markings on its wings (The only others I can think of at the moment are members of genus Volucella).

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-05-15.

Sunday
Jun132010

Ichneumon Wasp

An ichneumon wasp (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae).  I have no idea of genus nor species.  As I have said before there are thousands of ichneumon wasps, and they can be very difficult to identify.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-05-30.

Saturday
Jun122010

Longhorn Moth

Yet another longhorn moth, this time a Nematopogon sp. (Lepidoptera: Adelidae).  There are at least three Nematopogon species (N. metaxella, N. swammerdamella, N. schwarziellus) that look like this, so I won't attempt to take the identification any further.

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-05-30.