Entries from September 1, 2013 - September 30, 2013

Tuesday
Sep102013

Calliphorid Fly

What I think is a male Melinda sp (Diptera: Calliphoridae).

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

Monday
Sep092013

Muscid Fly

A female Phaonia valida (Diptera: Muscidae).  See here for a male from last month.

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

Sunday
Sep082013

Mugwort

What I think is mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris.  It can grow up to head-height.

The main stem is reddish and the leaves are thin and pointed:

The seed head look like this:

Photos taken in Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2013-08-11.

Saturday
Sep072013

Moth

Another small moth, this time probably the leaf miner Gracillaria syringella = Caloptilia syringella (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae).

Photo taken in in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2013-09-05.

Friday
Sep062013

Anthomyiid Fly

A female Hydrophoria linogrisea (Diptera: Anthomyiidae).  Identification by Stephane Lebrun here at Diptera.info.

Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-08-26.