Mon 2010-07-26 
A rather imposing Tachinid fly. Probably Nowickia ferox (Diptera: Tachinidae). Similar to Tachina fera but with black legs and black antennae.
Photos taken in The Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2010-07-20.
Sun 2010-07-25 
A dung fly of genus Scathophaga, probably Scathophaga stercoraria (Diptera: Scathophagidae).
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2010-06-06.
Sat 2010-07-24 
I was looking for gall flies on an aphid-infested burdock plant when this small metallic-green and orange wasp alighted among the aphids. It stayed for a few seconds, just long enough for me to get a few blurry photos, before it flew off into the middle of a big patch of thistles.
It's a cuckoo wasp, possibly Hedychrydium roseum (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), based mainly on the non-metallic look of the orange, but the above photo is not really clear enough for a proper identification.
Photo taken in The Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, on 2010-07-09.
Fri 2010-07-23 
A strange T-shaped moth: Stathmopoda pedella (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae).
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-06-23.
Thu 2010-07-22 
A water ladybird, Anisosticta novemdecimpunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Smaller and slimmer than the more usual types of ladybird. As the name suggest, it is normally found near water, on reeds, but this specimen was was actually about 100 metres away from the lake, on a thistle.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-07-11.
