Mon 2013-06-03 
Flowers of the guelder rose bush, Viburnum opulus. The large outer flowers are actually sterile and the smaller inner flowers were not yet open when this picture was taken.
The leaves are rather maple-like:
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-06-01
Sun 2013-06-02 
From last summer: a Tachinid fly that I found dead on a flower. Identified as Eurithia anthophila (Diptera: Tachinidae) by Chris Raper and Erikas 'neprisikiski' here at Diptera.info.
Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-08-12.
Sat 2013-06-01 
Two malachite beetles, Malachius bipustulatus (Coleopera: Melyridae) on a thistle. They were mating but separated when I disturbed them. The female is to the left, the male to the right.
Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2013-05-26.
Fri 2013-05-31 
A female nusery web spider, Pisaura mirabilis (Araneae: Pisauridae).
Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2013-05-26.
Thu 2013-05-30 
A pair of Tephritid flies, probably Chaetostomella cylindrica (Diptera: Tephritidae), mating on knapweed (Centaurea sp).
The following photo shows a male with everted pheromone sacs on the sides of the abdomen. These sacs release a pheromone that attracts females.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-05-27 (first photo) and 2013-05-25 (second).
