Insect ID

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• wild edges Posts: 10,497

  June 2022

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

  If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  

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• TheGreenMan Posts: 1,957

  June 2022

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

  
  

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• Jellyfire Posts: 1,139

  June 2022

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

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• TheGreenMan Posts: 1,957

  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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