Wed 2014-07-16 
Another Noctuid moth from our living room at night: an Amphipyra sp, either Amphipyra pyramidea or Amphipyra berbera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), both are about equally common and are rather difficult to distinguish from photos alone (see here).
Photo take in Reading, UK, on 2014-07-12.
Tue 2014-07-15 
A moth that came into our living room at night: what I am fairly sure is a dark arches moth, Apamea monoglypha (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Note the wiggly lines (arches?) near the trailing edge of the wings.
Photo taken in Reading, UK, on 2014-07-01.
Mon 2014-07-14 
An orange- brown lacewing, probably Nothochrysa capitata (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). The white blob on its abdomen might be pollen from a flower it has visited (more likely a spermatophore - see Graham Calow's comment below).
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-07-06.
Sun 2014-07-13 
A nodding thistle, Carduus nutans
The stem and leaves are both covered in spines:
Photos taken in Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2014-07-12.
Sat 2014-07-12 
A Chinese character moth, Cilix glaucata (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae). I found it on the inside of our open living-room window one day last week when I got home from work.
Photo taken in Reading, UK, on 2014-07-09.
