Months sighted in garden
Mottled thistle fly
Xyphosia militia
An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015
Diptera
Small dipteran under 1 cm in length with green eyes, brown thorax and abdomen and a prominent blunt-ended ovipositor that is almost as long as the abdomen. Wings with three prominent large brown spots. Found in greenhouse in late June.