Woody Nightshade

Flowers of woody nightshade (Solanum dulcamara).

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-09-03.

Conopid Fly

A female Thecophora sp, probably Thecophora atra (Diptera: Conopidae).  It was hovering around some small black Halictid bees (possibly a Lassioglossum sp) and seemed to be following them.

Specimen taken in the field to the west of Chazey Wood, ner Caversham, UK, on 2014-08-31.

Bug Nymph

A shield bug nymph shedding its old skin: probably Pentatoma rufipes (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae).

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-09-03.

White Caterpillar

A larva of the alder sawfly, Eriocampa ovata (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae).  The rough surface is actually exuded wax.

The adults are also fairly distinctive:

First photo taken on the north shore of the large lake, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-09-03.

Second photo taken on the dam at the lower end of the large lake, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-07-01.

Sciomyzid Fly

A Sciomyzid fly with Tephritid-like wings: Trypetoptera punctulata (Diptera: Sciomyzidae).

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