Mon 2013-05-06 
A mining bee, probably a female Andrena haemorrhoa (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). Distinguished from other mining bees with reddish-brown hairs on the thorax and bald black abdomens (Andrena bicolor, Andrena nitida and Andrena thoracica) by the yellow tip to the abdomen.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK on 2013-05-04.
Sun 2013-05-05 
A Dolichopodid fly with large antennae: probably a male Rhaphium sp (Diptera: Dolichopodidae).
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-04-28.
Sat 2013-05-04 
A pair of bumble-bee mimic hoverflies mating: probably Criorhina ranunculi (Diptera: Syrphidae), the white-tailed variant. This species lacks the feathery antennae of Volucella bombylans and the eyes of the male are not as close together as they are in Merodon equestris. These bumble-bee mimic hoverfly species often have two or more colour variants.
Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-04-28.
Fri 2013-05-03 
A small spider, probably Metellina merianae (Araneae: Tetragnathidae). It was on some lichen that I had collected.
Specimen collected in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-04-13.
Thu 2013-05-02 
Yet another tiny moth from last May: this time a Glyphipterix sp, possibly Glyphipterix simpliciella (Lepidoptera: Glyphipterigidae).
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-05-30.
