Thu 2014-08-21 
From back in spring time: an Ocytata pallipes (Diptera: Tachinidae).
In this species, the median vein (usually) fails to reach the wing margin:
A few close-ups of the head:
Specimen taken in the field below Chazey Wood, Near Caversham, UK, on 2014-05-25.
Wed 2014-08-20 
A member of the Exorista rustica species group (Diptera: Tachinidae) feeding on wild carrot (Daucus carota). These are very common at he moment, indeed today I saw more of these than I did of Eriothrix rufomaculata.
Note the long lines of bristles that runs down each side of the yellowish face.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-08-17.
Tue 2014-08-19 
A male Eristalinus sepulchralis (Diptera: Syrphidae).
Specimen taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-08-16.
Mon 2014-08-18 
Flowers of musk mallow, Malva moschata.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-07-06.
Sun 2014-08-17 
Amphibious bistort, Persicaria amphibia, growing in long grass.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-07-20.
