Fri 2012-08-31 
A green carpet moth, Colostygia pectinataria (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). When I first saw it, it was resting on a nettle leaf.
Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-08-26.
Thu 2012-08-30 
A small blue wasp, probably Trichrysis cyanea (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae).
The wasp was captured in Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-08-26. The photos were taken 20 minutes later and then the wasp was released.
Wed 2012-08-29 
Flowers of meadow sweet, Filipendula ulmaria. The stems are reddish:
Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-08-05.
Tue 2012-08-28 
A tortrix moth, probably the light brown apple moth, Epiphyas postvittana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Originally from Australia, this species first appeared in Britain in the 1930's. It is apparently fairly variable in its colour and the plants it associates with.
Photos taken in Reading, UK, on 2012-08-01.
Mon 2012-08-27 
A female Ferdinandea cuprea (Diptera: Syrphidae).
Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-08-22.
