Monday
Jun112012

Muscid Fly

A male Phaonia subventa (Diptera: Muscidae).  Identification confirmed by Stephane Lebrun here at Diptera.info.  See this post by Joke van Erkelans at Diptera.info for how to distinguish P. subventa from the similar-looking P. rufiventris and P. bitincta.

Photos taken Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2012-03-21.

Sunday
Jun102012

Beetle

Ground beetle Harpalus rufipes (Coleoptera: Carabidae).  Distinguished by its orange antennae and legs, and by the fine yellow hairs on its wing-cases:

Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-06-09.

Saturday
Jun092012

Sawfly

A black and white sawfly, probably Pachyprotasis rapae (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae).  This is the second one of these I have seen.  The first was a few days earlier, see here.

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2012-05-06.

Friday
Jun082012

Hoverfly

Hoverfly, Merodon equestris (Diptera: Syrphidae), a bumble bee mimic.

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

Thursday
Jun072012

Longhorn Moths

Male longhorn moths of species Nemophora degeerella (Lepidoptera: Adelidae).

The females have much shorted antennae:

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