Sun Spurge

Sun spurge (Euphorbia helioscopia), growing where cables were buried the previous year.

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-09-16,

Nothing like a Pig

From a few months back: Pluvialis meets a boar.

Flesh Fly

A flesh fly, Sarcophaga sp (Diptera: Sarcophagidae).

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-06-25.

Longhorn Caddis Flies

Long-horned caddis fly Mystacides longicornis (Trichoptera: Leptoceridae).  At the top of the picture you can just see the back end of another caddisfly, but this is black so it must be another species, possibly Mystacides nigra.

Photos taken on the dam at the lower end of the large lake, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-06-20.

Hoverfly

A female hoverfly, Epistrophe eligans (Diptera: Syrphidae).  This was one of the first hoverflies to appear in the spring.

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-05-04.