Wed 2011-08-31 
Another species of small fly from the long grass on the east bank of the middle lake: probably Geomyza tripunctata (Diptera: Opomyzidae).
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-08-29.
Tue 2011-08-30 
One of several new species of small fly that I found in the long grass on the east bank of the middle lake: probably a Lonchoptera sp (Diptera: Lonchopteridae).
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-08-29.
Mon 2011-08-29 
An early instar nymph of the green shieldbug, Palomena prasina (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). See here and here for photos of later instar nymphs of this species.
Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2011-07-02.
Sun 2011-08-28 
A pair of Pipunculid flies (Diptera: Pipunculidae) mating on the wing.
Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-08-19.
Sat 2011-08-27 
Robin's pincushion, a plant gall that is caused by the larvae of the wasp Diplolepis rosae (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae). The host plant is a species of wild rose (Rosa sp).
Photo taken in Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2011-08-24.
