Months sighted in garden
Syrphid
Sphaerophoria sp.
An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015
Diptera: syrphids
Small yellow and black syrphid with yellow face with black stripe down the middle. Thorax black with yellow marks on side; scutellum yellow. Abdomen with paired yellow parallel-edged paddle-shaped bars: T1 separated from edge and others only just reaching. Legs yellow. Female. Not possible to identify to species.