Entries from July 1, 2013 - July 31, 2013

Tuesday
Jul162013

Yellow Fly

A small yellow fly that seemed to prefer my sweaty fingers to the leaf that I found it on.  Probably a Meromyza sp (Diptera: Chloropidae).

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-07-13.

Monday
Jul152013

Moth

A tiny moth only about 2mm long, that I came across on a burdock leaf (Arctium sp).  Probably a Stigmella sp, possibly Stigmella aurella (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae), but there are many other similar species in this genus.  They are leaf-miners.

Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-07-13.

Sunday
Jul142013

Tephtritid Fly

A female Terellia tussilaginis (Diptera: Tephritidae) on burdock (Arctium sp).  In the first half of the summer the main Tephritid fly on burdock is Tephritis bardanae but later in the summer Terellia tussilaginis takes over.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK on 2013-07-13.

Saturday
Jul132013

Egyptian Geese

An Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus) with one of two goslings that it was looking after.

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

Friday
Jul122013

Plume Moth

What think is Palliptilia pallidactyla (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae).  Palliptilia ochrodactyla is similar but has a different pattern of bands on the legs.

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

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