Tuesday
Jun252013
Another Snipe Fly

A male Chrysopilus cristatus (Diptera: Rhagionidae).
Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2013-06-16.
A male Chrysopilus cristatus (Diptera: Rhagionidae).
Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2013-06-16.
A female Chrysopilus cristatus (Diptera: Rhagionidae).
Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2013-06-16.
What I think is a female Argyra sp (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). For a male see here.
Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2013-06-16.
A male Nemophora degeerella (Lepidoptera: Adelidae), my first of the year. It was quite low down in long grass.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-06-15.
A bumble-bee mimic hoverfly: a female Merodon equestris (Diptera: Syrphidae).
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-06-15.