Friday
Oct312014
A female Eristalis sp (Diptera: Syrphidae).
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-08-14.
A female Helophilus sp, probably a Helophilus trivittatus (Diptera: Syrphidae).
This species lacks the black line down the face that the commoner Helophilus pendulus has.
Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood , near Caversham, UK, on 2013-05-11.