Moth

A small yellow underwing moth, Panemeria tenebrata (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-04-26.

Hoverfly

Leucozona lucorum (Diptera: Syrphidae).

Specimen taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2014-04-15.

Tachinid Flies

A pair of Macquartia dispar (Diptera: Tachinidae) mating.  I caught the male and later identified it using the key of Belshaw (Tachinid Flies, Diptera: Tachinidae, 1993).  The females of this species are noticably lighter coloured than the males.  They parasitize the larvae of leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae).

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-04-26.

Another Moth

A small tortrix moth, probably Ancylis badiana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae).  The larvae feed on various species of vetch (Vicia sp), clover (Trifolium sp) and pea (Lathyrus sp).

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-04-26.

Moth

A female Incurvaria masculella (Lepidoptera: Incurvariidae).  The larvae mine the leaves of hawthorn (Crataegus sp).  The adult males have rather splendid pectinate antennae.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-04-26.