Thu 2012-08-23 
A male Rhingia rostrata (Diptera: Syrphidae). Distinguished from the more common Rhingia campestris by the lack of any black markings along the side of the abdomen. Also, the 'snout' is slightly shorter.
Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-08-20.
Wed 2012-08-22 
What I think is a male Rhinophora lepida (Diptera: Rhinophoridae). Like a small black Tachinid fly but with a distinctive angular wing-vein pattern:
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-08-14.
Tue 2012-08-21 
Tortix moth Acleris forsskaleana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). It came through our living room window late one evening, a few days back.
Moths, like this one, that I come across during the night, I now keep in a plastic tub until the following morning when I photograph them by daylight and then release them. I find that photographing them by artificial light gives poor results.
Photos taken in Reading, UK on 2012-08-18.
Mon 2012-08-20 
Tephritid fly Anomoia permunda (Diptera: Tephritidae) on hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium). These photos are not as clear as those I obtained two years ago.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-08-18.
Sun 2012-08-19 
A female Chrysotoxum bicinctum (Diptera: Syrphidae). The name 'bicinctum' means 'twice girdled', referring to the two broad yellow bands on the abdomen.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-08-07.
