Monday
Jul042011
Hoverfly
Mon 2011-07-04 
Hoverfly Xanthogramma pedissequum (Diptera: Syrphidae), a female.
Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2011-07-02.
Entries from July 1, 2011 - July 31, 2011
Mon 2011-07-04 Sunday
Jul032011
Picture-Wing Fly
Sun 2011-07-03 
A new species for me: Goniglossum weidemanni (Diptera: Tephritidae) on white bryony (Bryonia dioica).
Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2011-007-02.
Saturday
Jul022011
Tiger Moth
Sat 2011-07-02 
A scarlet tiger moth, Callimorpha dominula (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae).
Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2011-06-14.
Friday
Jul012011
Butterflies
Fri 2011-07-01 
Brown argus butterflies, Aricia agestis (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) mating. Named brown because the upper sides of their wings are mostly brown:
Easily confused with the female common blue butterfly.
Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2011-05-04.
