Insect ID

TheGreenMan · June 2022

Hi all,

Does anyone know what these are?

They’ve been doing some kind of dance with each other for the last hour….

wild edges · June 2022

They look like gall flies of some kind but it's a bit hard to tell sorry.

TheGreenMan · June 2022

I’ve taken a screenshot from a video I took of them “dancing”. Is this any better?

Jellyfire · June 2022

Think they are https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tephritis_neesii, are they on an oxeye daisy there?

TheGreenMan · June 2022

Jellyfire said:

Think they are https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tephritis_neesii, are they on an oxeye daisy there?

Yes! That’s it. Thank you.

Fascinating!

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