Tue 2011-08-16 
A burying beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloides (Coleoptera: Silphidae).
I first saw one of these a year ago, on Roseberry Common in North Yorkshire, see here. Nicrophorus vespillo is similar but has orange tips to its antennae.
Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-06-14.
Mon 2011-08-15 
A green lacewing, probably a member of the Chrysoperla carnea group (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae).
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-08-06.
Sun 2011-08-14 
From back in the springtime: a sawfly, probably Tenthredo distinguenda (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae), judging from the banding pattern on its abdomen.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK on 2011-04-19.
Sat 2011-08-13 
Hoverfly Xylota sylvarum (Diptera: Syrphidae), a male. Similar in size and behaviour to the more common Xylota segnis but with yellow at the tail end of the abdomen, instead of at the front end.
Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-08-12.
Fri 2011-08-12 
A pair of Chaetostomella cylindrica (Diptera: Tephritidae) mating on knapweed (Centaurea sp).
Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-08-09.
