Friday
Aug032012
Soldier Fly
Fri 2012-08-03 
A small black soldier fly, probably a male Pachygaster leachii (Diptera: Stratiomyidae).
See here for a female.
Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-07-28.
Entries from August 1, 2012 - August 31, 2012
Fri 2012-08-03 Thursday
Aug022012
Tephritid Fly
Thu 2012-08-02 
A male Tephritid fly, probably Chaetostomella cylindrica (Diptera: Tephritidae), on knapweed (Centaurea sp).
Note the everted pheromone sac on the side of the abdomen. The males use these to attract females.
Photos taken Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-07-28.
Wednesday
Aug012012
Hoverfly
Wed 2012-08-01 
A female hoverfly, a Chrysotoxum verralli (Diptera: Syrphidae). Identification confirmed by Chris Webster here at Diptera.info.
Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-07-15.
