Tue 2012-08-21 
Tortix moth Acleris forsskaleana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). It came through our living room window late one evening, a few days back.
Moths, like this one, that I come across during the night, I now keep in a plastic tub until the following morning when I photograph them by daylight and then release them. I find that photographing them by artificial light gives poor results.
Photos taken in Reading, UK on 2012-08-18.
Mon 2012-08-20 
Tephritid fly Anomoia permunda (Diptera: Tephritidae) on hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium). These photos are not as clear as those I obtained two years ago.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-08-18.
Sun 2012-08-19 
A female Chrysotoxum bicinctum (Diptera: Syrphidae). The name 'bicinctum' means 'twice girdled', referring to the two broad yellow bands on the abdomen.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-08-07.
Sat 2012-08-18 
A male Xylota sylvarum (Diptera: Syrphidae).
Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-08-16.
Fri 2012-08-17 
Flowers of wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa).
The plants, which were swarming with hoverflies and bees, look like this:
And the leaves look like this:
Photos taken in Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-08-12.
