Entries from September 1, 2013 - September 30, 2013

Sunday
Sep152013

Tachinid Fly

A Linnaemya sp, either Linnaemya tessellans or Linnaemya picta (Diptera: Tachinidae). Identification by Chris Raper and Theo Zeegers here at Diptera.info.

Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-09-07.

Saturday
Sep142013

Another Muscid Fly

A female Limnophora tigrina (Diptera: Muscidae).  This was within a metre of where I saw my first one earlier this year.

Photo taken on the north shore of the large lake, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-09-07.

Friday
Sep132013

Muscid Fly

A female Graphomya maculata (Diptera: Muscidae).

Photos taken on the dam at the lower end of the large lake, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-09-07.

Thursday
Sep122013

Moth

A tortrix moth, probably of species Epiphyas postvittana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae).  I originally had this down as the similar-looking Aleimma loeflingiana but was put right by PPer  in the comments below.

The brown markings are somewhat variable in both of these species.

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-09-07..

Wednesday
Sep112013

Tachinid Fly

Another Tachina fera (Diptera: Tachinidae).

Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-09-07.