Blowfly

A yellow-faced blowfly: a Cynomya mortuorum (Diptera: Calliphoridae).

Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2013-04-20.

Deer

After coming across two dead muntjac deer back in February, I was worried that I wouldn't be seeing any more of them in the Chazey Wood area this year.  However, this morning as I started my perambulation of the narrow field I was pleased to notice this male Muntiacus reevesi watching me from afar.

Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2013-04-20.

Bee Flies

It must be spring: the bee flies are out!.  A male Bombylius major (Diptera: Bombyliidae).

Here is another that I saw a couple of hours earlier:

First photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-04-14.  Second photo taken in Whiteknights Park, on the same date.

Spider

From late last October: a pale-coloured stretch spider, probably Tetragnatha striata (Araneae: Tetragnathidae), though it would be rather later in the season than is normal for that species.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-10-30.

Sawfly

A black sawfly with reddish 'shoulders': probably a Dolerus haematodes (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae).

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-05-18.