Thursday
Jul112013
Tephritid Flies
Thu 2013-07-11 
A pair of Xyphosia miliaria (Diptera: Tephritidae) mating on a thistle (Cirsium sp).
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-07-07.
Entries from July 1, 2013 - July 31, 2013
Thu 2013-07-11 Wednesday
Jul102013
Burnet Moth
Wed 2013-07-10 
A burnet moth, either the narrow-bordered five-spot burnet moth, Zygaena lonicerae, or the less common five spot burnet moth, Zygaena trifolii (both Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae).
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-07-07.
Tuesday
Jul092013
Ladybird Beetle
Tue 2013-07-09 
What I think is a spotted variant of the cream-streaked ladybird beetle, Harmonia quadripunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). I found it on a pine tree (Pinus sp)
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-07-07.
Monday
Jul082013
Grass Moth
Mon 2013-07-08 
A white grass moth, probably Crambus lathoniellus (Lepidoptera: Crambidae).
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-07-06.
Sunday
Jul072013
Tephritid Fly
Sun 2013-07-07 
A female Xyphosia miliaria (Diptera: Tephritidae) laying eggs in a thistle flower-head (Cirsium sp).
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-07-06
