Blue Fly

From the summer of 2012: a small blue fly, probably a female Melinda sp (Diptera: Calliphoridae).

Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-07-15.

Dark Ladybird Beetle

A 7-spot ladybird beetle, Coccinella septempunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), with an unusually dark red colour.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-09-10.

Tachinid Fly

Sturmia bella (Diptera: Tachinidae).

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-10-12.

Flesh Fly

From last month: a Sarcophaga sp (Diptera: Sarcophagidae).

Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-09-21.

Another Muscid Fly

From a year ago: a female Phaonia valida (Diptera: Muscidae).

Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-10-09.