Thu 2011-03-17 
Spring is now well under way and, on my walks, I am starting to see more than just the occasional insect that was all I was seeing even just a week ago. This is a mining bee from Tuesday, possibly an Andrena angustior (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae).
Photo taken beside the top lake, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-03-15.
Wed 2011-03-16 
From last summer: a sawfly, probably a Tenthredo mesomelas (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae), with a snipe fly prey, probably a Rhagio scolopaceus (family Rhagionidae, order Diptera).
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-06-02.
Tue 2011-03-15 
From last summer: a small capsid bug. Probably either Orthops campestris, Orthops basalis, or Orthops kalmii (Hemiptera: Miridae). These three species cannot be reliably distinguished from photographs alone.
Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-08-03.
Mon 2011-03-14 
One of a small group of mushrooms that I found growing in the leaf litter beside a pile of decaying logs. Probably a Galerina sp, possibly the funeral bell mushroom, Galerinia marginata (= Galerina autumnalis).
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-03-12.
Sun 2011-03-13 
A toothed crust fungus, possibly Steccherinum ochraceum. The teeth are really quite small and not obvious to the unaided eye.
Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2011-03-09.
