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.
Sun 2011-06-05 
Yesterday I got back from a walk round the University lakes and found this cuckoo wasp on our living room window. Possibly a Chrysis sp (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae).
Photo taken in Reading, UK, on 2011-06-04.
