Entries from April 1, 2013 - April 30, 2013

Wednesday
Apr102013

Yet another Hoverfly

This one is from early last summer: a female Volucella pellucens (Diptera: Syrphidae).

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-06-10.

Tuesday
Apr092013

Another Hoverfly

Another hoverfly from last summer: a male Volucella inanis (Diptera: Syrphidae).

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-08-08.

Monday
Apr082013

Hoverflies

From last summer: a female Volucella zonaria (Diptera: Syrphidae).

This is another one that I came across the next day:

First photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-08-11.

Second photo taken in Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-08-12.

Sunday
Apr072013

Hoverfly

From last autumn: a black male hoverfly which I initially thought was a Cheilosia sp but on closer inspection looks more like a Chalcosyrphus nemorum (Diptera: Syrphidae).  The markings on the abdomen and the thick hind femurs are characteristic.

Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-09-18.

Saturday
Apr062013

Another Butterfly

From last summer: what I think is a small heath butterfly, Coenonympha pamphilus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).

Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-07-08.