Mon 2011-10-31 
From back in May: a small black fly, probably a Copromyza sp (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae). ID by Paul Beuk here.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University gronds, Reading, UK, on 2011-05-13.
Sun 2011-10-30 
From back in early summer: a green lacewing, probably Chrysopa perla (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae).
Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2011-06-09.
Sat 2011-10-29 
Black bulgar fungus, Bulgaria inquinans, growing on a fallen oak tree. The first time I have seen this species.
When young they are like a cup fungus; when old they open out to be more like a black jelly fungus such as Exidia glandulosa.
Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-10-28.
Fri 2011-10-28 
A pair of orange flies mating: a Pherbellia sp, possibly Pherbellia scutellaris (Diptera:Sciomyzidae). Identification by Stephane Lebrun here.
Photos taken in Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2011-10-23.
Thu 2011-10-27 
From back in early May: a soldier beetle, probably Rhagonycha lignosa (Coleoptera: Cantharidae).
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-05-01.
