Thu 2011-08-18 
The flowers of purple loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria.
These views more clearly show the leaves (above) and the whole plant (below).
Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2011-08-17.
Wed 2011-08-17 
Two 4th instar nymphs of the green shieldbug, Palomena prasina (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) on the seed-head of a hogweed plant (Heracleum sphondylium). See here for a photo of a 5th instar nymph.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-08-14.
Tue 2011-08-16 
A burying beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloides (Coleoptera: Silphidae).
I first saw one of these a year ago, on Roseberry Common in North Yorkshire, see here. Nicrophorus vespillo is similar but has orange tips to its antennae.
Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-06-14.
Mon 2011-08-15 
A green lacewing, probably a member of the Chrysoperla carnea group (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae).
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-08-06.
Sun 2011-08-14 
From back in the springtime: a sawfly, probably Tenthredo distinguenda (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae), judging from the banding pattern on its abdomen.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK on 2011-04-19.
