Friday
Feb252011

Wrinkled Crust Fungus

Wrinkled crust fungus, Phlebia radiata, a rather pale and presumably older growth than those shown here and here.

[Note added 2011-12-02: I now think this is probably Radulomyces molaris.]

Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-02-18.

Thursday
Feb242011

Capsid Bug

From last spring: a capsid bug, Dryophilocoris flavoquadrimaculatus (Hemiptera: Miridae).

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-05-17.

Wednesday
Feb232011

Potter Wasp

From last summer: a potter (or mason) wasp, probably an Ancistrocerus sp (Hymenioptera: Vespidae).  According to this comment at Wild About Britain, species of Ancistrocerus can only be reliably distinguished by microscopic examination.

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-06-20.

Tuesday
Feb222011

Field Woundwort

From last September: field woundwort, Stachys arvensis.  The leaves look like this:

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-09-12.

Monday
Feb212011

Scuttle Fly

From last September: a scuttle fly, possibly a Peromitra sp (Diptera: Phoridae).

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-09-30.