Sat 2011-11-05 
From back in early summer: a female Urophora stylata (Diptera: Tephritidae) on a thistle (Cirsium sp).
And from the same patch of thistles, a male and female mating:
Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2011-06-02.
Fri 2011-11-04 
Small blue-topped mushrooms, probably oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus), growing on a decaying log. This is what their gills look like:
Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-11-03.
Thu 2011-11-03 
Pyralid moth Endotricha flammealis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). This is a rather drab example of what is a rather variably-coloured species. Here is a brighter one.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-07-23.
Wed 2011-11-02 
What I think is sulphur tuft fungus, Hypholoma fasciculare, growing on a tree trunk.
Within a week of me taking these photos this tree was cut down. It stood beside one of the main paths through the Wilderness and I had noticed a year ago that one side was so badly decayed that it was probably going to come down sometime soon. Whenever I walked past it I would always speed up a little to minimize the chance of it falling on me. But now it's down, the log and branches will be good sites for finding wood-loving flies.
Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whitekights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-10-05.
Tue 2011-11-01 
From back in early June: a final instar nymph of the forest bug, Pentatoma rufipes (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). The developing wings can be seen as the dark stubs on each side of the back (behind the blue 'shoulders').
This is a slightly earlier instar nymph of the same species from back in May. The wing stubs have not yet started growing.
Photos taken Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-06-01 and 2011-05-13, respectively.
