I have these guys all over my garden. They hang out on various plants and trees but they don't seem to be doing any damage. I'm just very curious as to what they are!
Any ideas?
I know it's not much of a close up, but the wing shape is so distinct I thought that might be enough to ID them. The wings are always out at that angle.
- Lindsaylew82
- Super Green Thumb
- Posts: 2115
- Joined: Wed May 21, 2014 9:26 pm
- Location: Upstate, SC
I think it's a picture winged fly.
https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/mis ... _picta.htm
I see them a lot in my compost pile and also on layered grass clippings in the garden.
https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/mis ... _picta.htm
I see them a lot in my compost pile and also on layered grass clippings in the garden.
- Lindsaylew82
- Super Green Thumb
- Posts: 2115
- Joined: Wed May 21, 2014 9:26 pm
- Location: Upstate, SC
You're welcome !
I saw them up close several weeks ago while tying up my tomatoes. They were on the grass clippings that I mulched with.
I looked them up and now I see them all over the ground, on the mulch, on the tomatoes, squash, in the compost heap... Pretty much everywhere!
I think they are pests, not beneficial, but I don't see any damage from them. They're neat to watch.
I saw them up close several weeks ago while tying up my tomatoes. They were on the grass clippings that I mulched with.
I looked them up and now I see them all over the ground, on the mulch, on the tomatoes, squash, in the compost heap... Pretty much everywhere!
I think they are pests, not beneficial, but I don't see any damage from them. They're neat to watch.
-
- Newly Registered
- Posts: 5
- Joined: Fri Jun 13, 2014 7:21 am
- Location: Coastal New England zone 6b
- Lindsaylew82
- Super Green Thumb
- Posts: 2115
- Joined: Wed May 21, 2014 9:26 pm
- Location: Upstate, SC