Cardinal Beetle

Black-headed cardinal beetle Pyrochroa occinea (Coleoptera: Pyrochroidae).

Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-05-17.

Moths

A pair of Micropterix sp, possibly Micropterix aruncella (Lepidoptera: Micropterigidae), mating on a blade of grass.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-05-17.

Not Swift Enough

A swift moth, Hepialus lupulinus (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) that has been caught by a crab spider (probably a Xysticus sp).

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-05-018.

Chazey Wood

Beech trees in Chazey Wood.

Photo taken near Caversham, UK, on 2014-05-16.

Hoverfly

From a couple of years ago: a female Leucozona laternaria (Diptera: Syrphidae) feeding on hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium).

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-06-17.