Sat 2014-08-09 
What I think is a male Billaea irrorata (Diptera: Tachinidae). Identified using the key of Belshaw (1993).
Yet another species new to me. I am finding that by collecting I am able to identify many more species than I could by photography alone.
Specimen taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-08-03.
Fri 2014-08-08 
An Eriothrix rufomaculata (Diptera: Tachinidae). Identified using the key of Belshaw (1993).
This specimen is unusual in having a large gap in its medial vein near the tip of the wing. This gap was present on both wings and so was probably a developmental anomaly rather than a result of any damage to the fly while it was an adult.
Specimen taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-08-03.
Thu 2014-08-07 
A brimstone moth, Opisthograptis luteolata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae).
This came in through our bedroom window one evening. I caught it and photographed it on the following day before releasing it.
Photo taken in Reading, UK, on 2014-08-01.
Wed 2014-08-06 
A plume moth that I found in our living room window one afternoon, probably Amblyptilia acanthadactyla (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae).
Photo taken in Reading on 2014-08-01.
Tue 2014-08-05 
A male Phania funesta (Diptera: Tachinidae). Identified using Chris Raper's and Matt Smith's revision 5c of Belshaw's 1993 Key which was distributed for their Tachinid Workshop in February 2014.
[Initially I thought this was a female Freraea gagatea but the median vein is too bent for that species.]
Specimen taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-07-26.
