Butterfly

A small copper butterfly, Lycaenas phlaeus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2010-08-01.

Mining Bee

A metallic dark-green mining bee, probably a Lasioglossum sp, possibly of the Lasioglossum morio group (Hymenoptera: Halictidae).

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-08-08.

Hoverfly

A bumble-bee mimic hoverfly from back in early summer: a female Volucella bombylans (Diptera: Syrphidae).  Note the feathery antennae and the dark patches on the wings.

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-06-20.

Mayfly

One afternoon back in early August I noticed this small mayfly with peculiar red eyes on our bedroom window-sill.  It is probably a species of family Baetidae (order Ephemeroptera), possibly Cleon dipterum but this is only a very tentative identification.  Only the males have these turret-like or turbinate eyes.

Photo taken in Reading, UK, on 2010-08-03.

Hoverfly

A small black hoverfly with golden hairs over most of its body and legs: probably a Pipizella sp, possibly Pipizella virens (Diptera: Syrphidae).

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-06-20.