Tue 2014-08-26 
From back in late spring, a female Chaetostomella cylindrica (Diptera: Tephritidae).
Close-ups of the head.
And the scutellum:
Specimen taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-05-31.
Mon 2014-08-25 
A female Acinia corniculata (Diptera: Tephritidae). It was on a thistle (Cirsium sp), though there was also lots of knapweed (Centaurea sp) nearby.
Specimen taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-08-23.
Sun 2014-08-24 
Eurithia consobrina (Diptera: Tachinidae). Identified using the key of Belshaw, 1993.
Specimen taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-08-17.
Sat 2014-08-23 
Common fleabane, Pulicaria dystenterica.
The leaves look like this:
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-08-17.
Fri 2014-08-22 
A flower of bristly ox-tongue, Helminthotheca echiodes = Picris echiodes.
The unopened flowers have red as welll as yellow:
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-08-17.
