Mon 2014-06-30 
A grass snake, Natrix natrix. It was sunning itself in a clearing in a nettle patch when I disturbed it forcing it to moved under cover.
Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2014-06-29.
Sun 2014-06-29 
A small moth that came in through our living room window one evening: a Eudonia sp, possibly Eudonia mercurella (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). I trapped it and photographed it by daylight the following morning. Then I released it.
Specimen taken in Reading, UK, on 2014-06-27.
Sat 2014-06-28 
From a year ago: a miner bee, probably a female Andrena haemorrhoa (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae).
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-05-27.
Fri 2014-06-27 
From last autumn: a female Muscina sp, probably Muscina prolapsa (Diptera: Muscidae).
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-09-28.
Thu 2014-06-26 
From a couple of years ago: the larva of a Cassida sp tortoise beetle, probably Cassida rubiginosa (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). They protect themselves by carrying a faecal pellet on their backs.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Rading, UK, on 2012-07-07.
