Tuesday
Oct162012

Tachinid Fly

Probably Pelatachina tibialis (Diptera: Tachinidae).  Identification suggested by Chris Raper here at Diptera.info.

Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-06-19.

Monday
Oct152012

Muscid Fly

A female Hydrotaea sp , probably Hydrotaea dentipes (Diptera: Muscidae).  Identification suggested by Nikita Vikhrev here at Diptera.info.

Not as black and as shiny as Hydrotaea diabolus.

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

Sunday
Oct142012

Hoverfly

A male Helophilus pendulus (Diptera: Syrphidae).  [I originally had this down as a female but was put right by David 'dioctria' from Flickr.]

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

Saturday
Oct132012

Toad

A common toad, Bufo bufo.

Photos taken in Whitknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-10-12.

Friday
Oct122012

Soldier Fly

A male soldier fly, probably Stratiomys potamida (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), on wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa).

Photo taken in Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-08-12.