Sun 2012-09-02 
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.
Sat 2012-09-01 
A female parasite wasp of species Gasteruption jaculator (Hymenoptera: Gasteruptiidae). A iaculator was a spear-thrower in the Roman army.
Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-08-26.
And this is probably a male of the same species.
Photo taken in Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-08-26.
Fri 2012-08-31 
A green carpet moth, Colostygia pectinataria (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). When I first saw it, it was resting on a nettle leaf.
Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-08-26.
Thu 2012-08-30 
A small blue wasp, probably Trichrysis cyanea (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae).
The wasp was captured in Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-08-26. The photos were taken 20 minutes later and then the wasp was released.
Wed 2012-08-29 
Flowers of meadow sweet, Filipendula ulmaria. The stems are reddish:
Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-08-05.
