Fri 2014-08-29 
A white moth, probably a very pale form of Idaea aversata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) a pale Pleuroptya ruralis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Identified by Martin Angel in the comments below.
Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2014-08-27.
Thu 2014-08-28 
A female wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi). My first, and the largest spider I have ever seen outside of a zoo.
Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2014-08-27.
Wed 2014-08-27 
Two Andricus kollari (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) which emerged from a pair of oak marble galls. These are females of the asexual generation.
I had collected the galls in a small plastic tub which I then left on a desk beside our PC. After a few days I noticed these wasps in the tub. Each wasp had emerged from its own gall, leaving a neat round hole:
I cut one of the galls in half with a hack-saw:
Galls collected in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-08-17, wasps emerged on 2014-08-22.
Tue 2014-08-26 
From back in late spring, a female Chaetostomella cylindrica (Diptera: Tephritidae).
Close-ups of the head.
And the scutellum:
Specimen taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-05-31.
Mon 2014-08-25 
A female Acinia corniculata (Diptera: Tephritidae). It was on a thistle (Cirsium sp), though there was also lots of knapweed (Centaurea sp) nearby.
Specimen taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-08-23.
