Entries from November 1, 2012 - November 30, 2012

Friday
Nov302012

Cocoons

From back in early summer: a lattice-like cocoon, probably of a weevil (Coleoptera: Cuculionidae).

Here is another from a few weeks earlier:

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK ,on 2012-07-05 and 2012-06-10, respectively.

Thursday
Nov292012

Spider

A small spider, probably a female Neriene clathrata (Araneae: Linyphiidae).

Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-11-13.

Wednesday
Nov282012

Hoverfly

From back in summer: a female Pipiza sp, possibly Pipiza noctiluca (Diptera: Syrphidae).

Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-08-12.

Tuesday
Nov272012

Tephritid Fly

A female Tephritis formosa (Diptera: Tephritidae).  The host plants for their larvae are sow-thistles (Sonchus sp).  Mid-November seems rather late in the season for Tephtitid flies to be out and about.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-11-14.

Monday
Nov262012

Fungus

From way back in 2001: dryad's saddle fungus, Polyporus squamosus, growing on a tree stump.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK on 2001-04-22.