Entries from September 1, 2014 - September 30, 2014

Monday
Sep152014

Anthomyiid Fly

What I think is a male Anthomyia plurinotata (Diptera: Anthomyiidae).  Identified by comparing the pattern on the top of the thorax with the patterns in this post at Diptera.info.

This is the second member of this species I have come across: in the spring of 2013 I photographed a female (see here).

Specimen taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-09-13.

Sunday
Sep142014

Tachinid Fly

Nowickia ferox (Diptera: Tachinidae) feeding on ivy flowers (Hedera helix).

Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2014-09-06.

Saturday
Sep132014

Yet another Tachinid Fly

A male Phryxe vulgaris (Diptera: Tachinidae).  Identified using the key of Belshaw, 1993.

Specimen taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2014-08-31.

Friday
Sep122014

Another Tachinid Fly

A female Phryxe nemea (Diptera: Tachinidae). Identified using the key of Belshaw, 1993.

Specimen taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-08-23.

Thursday
Sep112014

Big-nose Hoverfly

A female Rhingia campestris (Diptera: Syrphidae).  One of at least 8 of this species that I saw that day in two patches of nettles and dead-nettles.

Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2014-08-31.