Plants and animals of Pointfield

An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015   

Diptera: syrphids

tapered hoverfly

Eristalis pertinax


Notes

Syrphid with black wing stigma and brown colouring around, abdomen with large orange triangles on the first tergum and very thin orange lines to the edge of posterior terga. Abdomen strongly tapered. Tibia and tarsii of anterior and mid legs pale distally. Seen from late March onwards.


Months sighted in garden