Thu 2011-10-13 
A heavily gravid female black leaf beetle, probably Galeruca tanaceti (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Identification suggested by Tony Irwin here.
Photo taken at Dinton Pastures, Winnersh, near Reading, UK, on 2011-10-09.
Wed 2011-10-12 
A small brown bug, probably an Orsillus depressus (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae).
Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-09-21.
Tue 2011-10-11 
Wayland's Smithy, a Neolithic chambered tomb on the Ridgway in south Oxfordshire.
This image is a panorama that I constructed from photos originally taken by my father John Brelstaff on 2006-10-23.
Tue 2011-10-11 
A pair of small black and grey flies, probably female Polyporivora ornata (Diptera: Platypezidae), on a blackberry leaf just a few metres from where I saw one a couple of weeks ago.
Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-10-07.
Mon 2011-10-10 
A yellowish variant of the parent bug, Elasmuch grisea (Hemiptera: Acanthosomatidae).
Here is a dark reddish variant of the same species:
And here is a greyish-brown variant:
See here for a whitish variant.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-08-29, 2006-09-23, and 2011-09-08, respectively.
