Fri 2011-06-10 
Longhorn beetle Stenurella melanura (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) on a thistle. This is a male; the females have a broader black band running down the the back. This species is sometimes still referred to by its older name Strangalia melanura.
Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2011-06-09.
Thu 2011-06-09 
Initially I assumed that this was another black Tachinid fly, but I was unable to find any Tachinids in which the leading part of the wings was black like this. Instead, I now think it is the flesh fly Nyctia halterata (Diptera: Sarcophagidae).
Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2011-05-30.
Wed 2011-06-08 
A micromoth, probably Glyphipterix simpliciella (Lepidoptera: Glyphipterigidae) on an ox-eye daisy.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-05-19.
Tue 2011-06-07 
A pair of sawflies mating: probably Macrophya monatana (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae). The male is to the left and the more colorful female to the right.
Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2011-06-02.
Mon 2011-06-06 
My first wood soldierfly: Solva marginata (Diptera: Xylomyidae). It was on ivy that was growing on the stump of a recently felled tree. There was lots of logs and wood-chips in the area.
Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-06-01.
