Saturday
Oct182014

Moth


From late summer: a rather faded Pyrausta aurata (Lepidoptera: Crambidae).

Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2014-08-27.

Friday
Oct172014

Toad

From last year: a common toad, Bufo bufo.

Photo taken on Upper Redlands Road, Reading, UK, on 2013-07-20.

Thursday
Oct162014

Parasite Wasp

What I think is a Braconid wasp (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) on  a leaf mine on dock (Rumex sp).  The wasp is probably laying an egg on the fly larva that made the mine. 

For a wasp that hatched out of a dock leaf I collected the same day, see here.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-06-23.

Wednesday
Oct152014

Fungus

From two year ago: yellow stagshorn fungus, Calocera viscosa.

Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-10-18.

Tuesday
Oct142014

Rust Fungus

What I think is the aecial stage of pear rust fungus, Gymnosporangium sabinae, on the underside of a leaf (presumably of a pear tree).

The upper side looked like this:

Photos taken in Dinton Pastures Country Park, Winnersh,near Reading, UK, on 2014-10-11.