Monday
Feb182013

Clusiid Fly

From last September, a male Clusia sp, possibly a teneral Clusia flava (Diptera: Clusiidae).  ID suggested by Paul Beuk here at Diptera.info.  It was on a rotting log.

Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-09-25.

Sunday
Feb172013

Therevid Fly

From last summer: a male Thereva sp (Diptera: Therevidae).  According to Theo Zeegers, male Thereva are impossible to ID from photos alone.

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-06-15.

Saturday
Feb162013

Puffball Fungus

Lycoperdon pyriforme (= Morganella pyriformis).

Under the microscope at (x600 magnification, image width 86um) the spores are round an 3 - 3.5um in diameter.  This is consistent with the 3 - 4.5um given on the Wikipedia page.

First photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-02-08.

Friday
Feb152013

Tachinid Fly

Also from last May: a Tachinid fly, a Phorocera sp, possibly Phorocera assimilis (Diptera: Tachinidae).  Identification by Erikas 'neprisikiski' and Chris Raper here at Diptera.info.

Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-05-11.

Thursday
Feb142013

Moths

A brown house moth, Hofmannophila pseudospretella (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae).  Common indoors and outdoors during the summer.

This is another from a few days earlier:

Photos taken in Reading, UK, on 2010-05-24 and 2010-05-15, respectively.