Another Orchid
The flower of a bee orchid, Ophrys apifera. One of several that I came across growing within a few feet of each other.
Photos taken in the field to the west of Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2014-06-08.
The flower of a bee orchid, Ophrys apifera. One of several that I came across growing within a few feet of each other.
Photos taken in the field to the west of Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2014-06-08.
A heath spotted orchid, Dactylorhiza maculata, possibly a hydrid with a species which has white flowers.
It is the leaves that are spotted:
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-06-07.
A female Phasia hemiptera (Diptera: Tachinidae) feeding on hemlock water dropwort (Oenanthe crocata).
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-06-07.
A lily beetle from last year: Lilioceris lillii (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-09-18.
A leaf beetle from last year: Chrysolina herbaceae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).
Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2013-07-21.