Friday
Jul122013

Plume Moth

What think is Palliptilia pallidactyla (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae).  Palliptilia ochrodactyla is similar but has a different pattern of bands on the legs.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-07-07.

Thursday
Jul112013

Tephritid Flies

A pair of Xyphosia miliaria (Diptera: Tephritidae) mating on a thistle (Cirsium sp).

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-07-07.

Wednesday
Jul102013

Burnet Moth

A burnet moth, either the narrow-bordered five-spot burnet moth, Zygaena lonicerae, or the less common five spot burnet moth, Zygaena trifolii (both Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae).

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-07-07.

Tuesday
Jul092013

Ladybird Beetle

What I think is a spotted variant of the cream-streaked ladybird beetle, Harmonia quadripunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae).  I found it on a pine tree (Pinus sp)

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-07-07.

Monday
Jul082013

Grass Moth

A white grass moth, probably Crambus lathoniellus (Lepidoptera: Crambidae).

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-07-06.