Sun 2020-08-09 
A female Frontina laeta (Diptera: Tachinidae). Identified using the key of Belshaw, 1993.
The abdomen is orange with white dusting and a narrow black line line down the middle:
Specimen take at Thames Valley Park, Reading, UK on 2020-08-01.
Mon 2020-06-15 
A scarlet tiger moth, Callimorpha dominula (Arctiidae).
Specimen taken near Kings Meadow Tescos, Reading, UK on 2020-06-15 and released after photographing.
Sun 2020-03-29 
A male bee fly Bombylius major (Diptera: Bombyliidae).
Photo take in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK on 2020-03-29.
Mon 2020-02-17 Muscina levida and Muscina prolapsa are two species of dark grey muscid fly both with convergent veins at the wing-tip and a reddish tip to the scutellum. M. prolapsa is distinguished by having reddish palps and antenna base and by its wing veins being more tightly convergent. In the Reading area, at least, M levida is about 5 times as common as prolapsa and male levida can often be found sunning themselves on tree trunks in late autumn and early winter. What I hadn't realised until I made the following plots was that prolapsa shows a marked preference for springtime while levida prefers summer and autumn.
These plots are based on flies collected mainly in the Reading area since 2014.
Fri 2020-01-31 
The startling yellow-orange face and white frons of a male Schoenomyza litorella (Diptera: Muscidae). In the females the face is a pale yellow.
Identified using the key of Fonseca, 1968.
Specimen taken in Thames Valley Park, Reading, UK on 2019-04-21.
