Wed 2018-09-26 
A male Sarcophaga anaces (Diptera: Sarcophagidae).
This is a species that is not included in The Sarcophagidae of Fennoscandia and Denmark, Pape, 1987 but is in Sarcophaga of France (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), Richet et al, 2011. Another such species is Sarcophaga dissimilis.
The male genitalia of S. anaces are quite distinctive:
One of four specimens taken between Kennet Mouth and Thames Valley Park, Reading, UK on 2018-09-25.
Sun 2018-09-23 
A female Phaonia rufipalpis (Diptera: Muscidae). Identified using the key of Fonseca, 1968.
Specimen caught in Chazey Wood near Caversham, UK on 2018-09-10.
Wed 2018-08-29 
A female beewolf, Philanthus triangulum (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae). On first seeing it I assumed it was a rather docile common wasp but on closer inspection it seemed more like a small hornet with the brownish patches on the sides of the head and the bright yellow face:
Far from being docile, beewolfs actually hunt down and kill honey bees.
Specimen taken between Kennet Mouth and Thames Valley Park, Reading on 2018-08-25.
Sat 2018-08-11 
A female Miltogramma punctata (Diptera: Sarcophagidae).
Specimen taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK on 2018-08-11. Identified using the key of Pape, 1987.
Sun 2018-08-05 
A male Dichaeta caudata (Diptera: Ephydridae) with its rather impressive tail of backward-pointing spines.
Specimen taken in Thames Valley Park, Reading, UK on 2018-08-04.
