Entries from October 1, 2017 - October 31, 2017

Monday
Oct302017

Diastatid Fly

The head of a female Diastata sp, probably Diastata fuscula (Diptera: Diastatidae).

Specimen taken in Chazey Wood, near Caversham, Uk on 2017-10-28.

Sunday
Oct292017

Tephritid Fly

The head of a female Euleia heraclei (Diptera: Tephritidae).

Specimen taken in Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK on 2017-10-28.

Tuesday
Oct032017

Muscid Fly

Head of a female Phaonia palpata (Diptera: Muscidae) with its unusually large maxillary palpi.

Specimen collected in the wood around Kings Meadow Tescos, Reading, UK, on 2017-09-23.