Moth

A plume moth that I found in our living room window one afternoon, probably Amblyptilia acanthadactyla (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae).

Photo taken in Reading on 2014-08-01.

Another Tachinid Fly

A male Phania funesta (Diptera: Tachinidae).  Identified using Chris Raper's and Matt Smith's revision 5c of Belshaw's 1993 Key which was distributed for their Tachinid Workshop in February 2014.

[Initially I thought this was a female Freraea gagatea but the median vein is too bent for that species.]

Specimen taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-07-26.

Tachinid Fly

A male Bithia spreta (Diptera: Tachinidae).  Identified using the key of Belshaw (1993).

A species that is new to me.

Specimen taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-07-26.

Another Rhagionid Fly

From two years ago: another male Chrysopilus, this time a Chrysopilus asiliformis (Diptera: Rhagionidae).  These are actually quite small and could easily be mistaken for small gnats.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-06-15.

Rhagionid Fly

From last summer: a male Chrysopilus cristatus (Diptera: Rhagionidae).

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-06-23.