Entries from November 1, 2010 - November 30, 2010

Saturday
Nov202010

Orange Fly

A Lauxaniid fly, probably Tricholauxania praeusta (Diptera: Lauxaniidae).  It appears that some members of this species lack the dark markings on the wings; see here for an example.

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2009-09-20.

Friday
Nov192010

Small Green Wasps

What I think is probably a female Pteromalid wasp (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) on a burdock leaf.  A few weeks earlier, I had seen the following, probably the same species, also on burdock:

They look similar to some Pteromalus sp or Dibrachys sp, but I don't feel confident enough to claim an identification.

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-08-22 and 2010-07-30, respectively.

Thursday
Nov182010

Hoverfly

From our summer holiday up north: female hoverfly Sericomyia silentis (Diptera: Syrphidae).

Photos taken in Barnard Castle, County Durham, UK, on 2010-08-06.

Wednesday
Nov172010

Grass Moth

A grass moth, probably Crambus lathoniellus (Lepidoptera: Crambidae).  One of several species of small light-coloured moth that would fly up when I walked through the long grass in the summer.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-0

Tuesday
Nov162010

Woody Nightshade

Woody nightshade, Solanum dulcamara.  The leaves look like this:

Photo taken beside the middle lake, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2010-09-19.