Sun 2014-05-11 
A close-up of the face of Gonia picea (Diptera: Tachinidae). A new species for me. Identified using the key of Belshaw (Tachinid Flies, Diptera: Tachinidae, 1993).
A wide-angle view:
Specimen taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2014-04-13.
Sat 2014-05-10 
From a couple of years ago: a male Phasia hemiptera (Diptera: Tachinidae) feeding on hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium).
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-08-04.
Fri 2014-05-09 
A pair of Tephritis neesii (Diptera: Tephritidae) mating on an ox-eye daisy leaf (Leucanthemum vulgare).
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-05-05.
Thu 2014-05-08 
An Epiblema sp, possibly Epiblema cirsiana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), though there are at least 2 other species that can look like this.
Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2014-05-04.
Wed 2014-05-07 
A male Brachypalpus laphriformis (Diptera: Syrphidae). A fairly uncommon bee-mimic that is associated with old woodland. Identified using the key of Stubbs and Falk (British Hoverflies, 2002).
The following image shows the curvature of the swollen hind femurs:
Specimen taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-05-05.
