Another Longhorn Moth
Longhorn moth Cauchas fibulella = Adela fibulella (Lepidoptera: Adelidae) on germander speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys), the host plant for its larvae.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-05-21.
Longhorn moth Cauchas fibulella = Adela fibulella (Lepidoptera: Adelidae) on germander speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys), the host plant for its larvae.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-05-21.
A longhorn moth from last spring: a Nematogopon sp (Lepidoptera: Adelidae). See here for one from 2010.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-04-30.
Moth Pyrausta aurata (Lepidoptera: Crambidae).
Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-08-26.
A long-bodied robber fly, probably a Leptogaster cylindrica (Diptera: Asilidae). Distinguished from Leptogaster guttiventris by the fact the dark line down the top of the abdomen in continuous rather than broken.
Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-07-15.
A female Dioctia rufipes (Diptera: Asilidae) with an Ichneumon wasp prey.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-06-09.