Fri 2014-04-25 
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.
Thu 2014-04-24 
A miner bee, probably Andrena nitida (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae).
Photos taken Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-04-05.
Wed 2014-04-23 
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.
Tue 2014-04-22 
A flower of yellow archangel, Lamium galeobdolon.
And this is the full plant:
Photos taken in Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2014-04-21.
Mon 2014-04-21 
A pair of Bibio sp, probably Bibio lanigerus (Diptera: Bibionidae), mating. Female at the top with the small eyes, male at the bottom with the large eyes.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-04-19.
