Entries from July 1, 2013 - July 31, 2013

Sunday
Jul212013

Lucerne

Lucerne (Medicago sativa), otherwise  known as alfalfa.  Rather like clover (Trifolium sp).

The leaves look like this:

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-07

Saturday
Jul202013

Anthomyiid Fly

A male Hylemya sp (Diptera: Anthomyiidae).  Identification by Johanna van Erkelens  here at Diptera.info.

Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-04-24.

Friday
Jul192013

Tephritid Fly

Euleia heraclei (Diptera: Tephritidae) on hemlock water-dropwort (Oenanthe crocata).

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-06-30.

Thursday
Jul182013

Bladder Campion

Bladder campion (Silene vulgaris).

Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2013-06-16.

Wednesday
Jul172013

Weevil

Over the past few years I have often noticed these dusty yellowish-black weevils on the flower heads of spear thistles (Cirsium vulgare).  They are probably Rhinocyllus conicus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-07-07.