Months sighted in garden
Snipefly
Rhagio lineola
An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015
Diptera
Distinctive fly 6-8 mm in length, with pale grey thorax and yellow and black banded abdomen that tapers distally. Wings clear with prominent black stigma. Femur yellow proximally and black distally; tibia black. Seen on holly leaf in hedge.