Torymid Wasp

A female parasitic wasp, possibly a Torymus sp (Hymenoptera: Torymidae).  It was on a spear thistle (Cirsium vulgare).

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-07-28.

Tachinid Fly

A grey Tachinid fly with noticably darkened wing-veins: probably a Ramonda spathulata (Diptera: Tachinidae).  Identification suggested by Chris Raper and Erikas 'neprisikiski' at Diptera.info.  Also, probably a female because of the relatively large gap between the eyes (see here to compare the gap in male and female).

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-05-16.

Hoverfly

A female Xanthogramma pedissequum (Diptera: Syrphidae).

Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-07-15.

Tachinid Fly

A Tachinid fly, probably a male Nemorilla floralis (Diptera: Tachinidae).

 Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-08-31.

Dung Beetle

A dung beetle, probably Anoplotrupes stercorosus = Geotrupes stercorosus (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae).  Around the joints and on the underside the blue colour is quite startling:

Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-08-12.