Wed 2010-08-18 
One of a swarm of tiny black flies that were across crawling over thistles (Cirsium sp) at the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors. Probably a Sepsis sp. (Diptera: Sepsidae).
Photo taken behind Hangingstone, near Guisborough, North Yorkshire, UK, on 2010-08-08.
Tue 2010-08-17 
A female Phasia hemiptera (Diptera: Tachinidae) on a thistle (Cirsium sp). The males of this species have dark markings on their wings.
Photos taken in Barnard Castle, County Durham, UK on 2010-08-07.
Mon 2010-08-16 
A burying beetle, probably Nicrophorus vespilloides (Coleoptera: Silphidae) on a thistle (Cirsium sp). Often still referred to by the invalid genus name Necrophorus.
Photos taken on Roseberry Common, near Guisborough, North Yorkshire, UK, on 2010-08-08.
Sun 2010-08-15 
From our summer holiday up north: female hoverfly Rhingia campestris (Diptera: Syrphidae), on a thistle head (Cirsium sp).
Photo taken above Hutton Village, near Guisborough, North Yorkshire, UK, on 2010-08-10.
Sat 2010-08-14 
A stilleto fly, probably Thereva nobilitata (Diptera: Therevidae). When I first saw it I thought it was a hairy kind of snipe fly (family Rhagionidae) but the dark shiny marking between the eyes seems to be a characteristic of female Thereva sp. (see here for further details).
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2010-08-03.
