Tue 2010-06-15 
A male Oedemera nobilis (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae). Only the males in this species have the swollen rear femurs. This is a female:
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2010-05-30 (the male) and 2010-05-31 (the female).
Mon 2010-06-14 
A female hoverfly of the genus Ferdinandea, probably Ferdinandea cuprea (Diptera: Syrphidae). One of the few UK hoverflies with dark markings on its wings (The only others I can think of at the moment are members of genus Volucella).
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-05-15.
Sun 2010-06-13 
An ichneumon wasp (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). I have no idea of genus nor species. As I have said before there are thousands of ichneumon wasps, and they can be very difficult to identify.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-05-30.
Sat 2010-06-12 
Yet another longhorn moth, this time a Nematopogon sp. (Lepidoptera: Adelidae). There are at least three Nematopogon species (N. metaxella, N. swammerdamella, N. schwarziellus) that look like this, so I won't attempt to take the identification any further.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-05-30.
Fri 2010-06-11 
A squat black female hoverfly, probably Pipiza sp., possibly Pipiza noctua (Diptera: Syrphidae) based on info here and here. Tends to stand with its wings partly open, instead of straight back over the abdomen.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-05-12.
