Pink Fungus

A pink jelly fungus, probably Ascocoryne sarcoides.

Note the springtail (Collembola) just below the largest fruiting body.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-11-22.

Butterfly

A male brimstone butterfly, Gonepteryx rhamni (Lepidoptera: Pieridae).  In this species the males have bright yellow uppersides to their wings which makes them appear yellow when flying.  However, when they alight they always fold their wings so only the green undersides show.  This gives them the appearance of a green leaf.  Another example of camouflage in butterflies.

Photo taken in Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2013-04-07.

And one more Hoverfly

A male Sphaerophoria scripta (Diptera: Syrphidae) with a mainly black abdomen.  The markings on the abdomen vary quite a lot between individual males in this species.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-05-11.

More Hoverfies

A pair of male Episyrphus balteatus (Diptera: Syrphidae) feeding on a hawkweed flower (Hieracium sp).

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2010-07-25.

Yet another Hoverfly

This one is from early last summer: a female Volucella pellucens (Diptera: Syrphidae).

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-06-10.