Months sighted in garden
Tiger cranefly
Nephrotoma flavescens
An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015
Diptera: craneflies
Yellow-orange cranefly almost 2 cm in length with row of black dashes down its thorax and spade-shaped black mark on its head. Found resting in greenhouse in late June. Caught in moth light trap 10th May, 2024. In wild flower border 29th May 2025. In moth trap 20th June, 2025.