Sunday
Apr272014

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.

Saturday
Apr262014

Butterfly

A small tortoise butterfly, Aglais urticae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).

Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2014-04-21.

Friday
Apr252014

Hoverfly

Small dark hoverfly Neoascia podagrica (Diptera: Syrphidae). Identified using the key of Stubbs and Falk  (British Hoverflies, 2002).

Specimen taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2014-04-13.

Thursday
Apr242014

Bee

A miner bee, probably Andrena nitida (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae).

Photos taken Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-04-05.

Wednesday
Apr232014

Moth

A carpet moth, probably Epirrhoe alternata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae).  Whenever it settled it folded its wings up like this, which made it rather awkward to identify.

Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2014-04-21.