Months sighted in garden
Ox-eye daisy fly
Tephritis neesii
An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015
Diptera: picture-wing flies
Small (4 mm) fly with strongly patterned wings that are waved slowly to signal to other flies. Thorax light grey; abdomen darker. A pair seen signalling to one another on an ox-eye daisy leaf; 7th May, 2024. Not uncommon through to mid June.