Yet another Hoverfly
A female Myathropa florea (Diptera: Syrphidae). This species is fairly common at the moment.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-08-03.
A female Myathropa florea (Diptera: Syrphidae). This species is fairly common at the moment.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-08-03.
Hoverfly Syritta pipiens (Diptera: Syrphidae) feeding on a knapweed flower-head (Centaurea sp).
Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-08-04.
A female Myolepta dubia (Diptera: Syrphidae),
Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-08-04.
A female Urophora quadrifasciata (Diptera: Tephritidae) on a knapweed seed-head (Centaurea sp). These flies are really quite small: I probably wouldn't notice them if it wasn't for the bold markings on the wings.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, Uk, on 2013-08-03.
Solva marginata (Diptera: Xylomyidae). Another woodland fly.
Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-08-04.