Entries from December 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010

Sunday
Dec262010

Tachinid Fly

Tachinid fly Phasia pusilla (Diptera: Tachinidae).  [Note added 2011-05-02: Could also be Phasia barbifrons which was added to the British list in 1999.]

Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK on 2010-09-17.

Saturday
Dec252010

Capsid Bug

From back in May: capsid bug Miris striatus (Hemiptera: Miridae).  Not to be confused with the similar Rhabdomiris striatellus.  See here for pictures of what I now think is a young M. striatus.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2010-05-31.

Friday
Dec242010

Skullcap

Common skullcap, Scutellaria galericulata.  The leaves look like this:

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2010-08-01.

Thursday
Dec232010

Caddis Fly

A Limnephilid caddis fly, possibly Anabolia nervosa (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae), though this only a tentative identification as there are apparently many caddis flies that look very similar to this.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-10-15.

Wednesday
Dec222010

Puffball Fungus

Puffball fungus Lycoperdon pyriforme (= Morganella pyriformis) growing on a decaying log embedded in the leaf litter.  This was growing in the same place that I came across the same species back in February.

Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-12-12.