Months sighted in garden
Black-horned gem
Microchrysa polita
An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015
Diptera
Small (ca. 5 mm long), slender soldier fly with a shiny green thorax, abdomen and (in females) vortex. Antennae black with no hint of yellow. Legs yellow and black.