Fri 2009-07-31 
From a wet day back in early June, an earwig, probably Forficula auricularia the common earwig (Dermaptera: Foriculidae).
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2009-06-09.
Fri 2009-07-31 
A brown lacewing, probably Micromus variegatus (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae).
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK on 2009-07-10.
Wed 2009-07-29 
Hoverfly Chrysotoxum bicinctum (Diptera: Syrphidae) on bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis). The size of the gap between the eyes suggests this is a female.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK on 2009-07-27.
Mon 2009-07-27 
This small orange fly caught my attention by the way it was hurriedly walking around this leaf, flashing its wings as if it was trying to attract attention of a potential mate. Based on a search through Diptera.Info, it is probably a Geomyza sp (Diptera: Opomyzidae).
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK on 2009-07-25.
Sun 2009-07-26 
When I photographed this back in early June, I assumed that it was some sort of moth but I gave up trying to identify it when I couldn't find anything similar on UK Moths. However, recently I realized that it is not a moth but a caddis fly (order Trichoptera), the clue being that it was in the foliage at the edge of the large lake. Also, if it was a moth then, with antennae that long, it would have to be a longhorn moth, and there are no black longhorn moths, at least not in the UK.
There seems to be a real dearth of good information on caddis flies on the web and consequently I am unable to identify its family, never mind genus and species. [Note added 2011-12-17: I now think it is a Mystacides sp, possibly Mystacides azurea (Trichoptera: Leptoceridae). See the comments below.]
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2009-06-04.
