Months sighted in garden
Fruit fly
Chaetorellia loricata
An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015
Diptera: fruit flies
Small (5 mm) fly with boldly patterned brown-white wings. Thorax and abdomen light greenish-yellow; abdomen with double row of small black triangles. Seen on knapweed flower head in June 2025 and in wildflower border May 19th, 2025.