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Fruit fly or fungus gnat? (Around my tomato plants)

EB123EB123 Posts: 23
in Fruit & veg
Hi all, further to my post about trying to grow tomatoes - I have a lot of green shoots (hurrah) and have repotted some that had multiple leaves. Now I seem to have loads of small black flies everywhere. We do have fruit flies each year and it has been warmer the last couple of days, but I've now discovered there is such a thing as a fungus gnat, and that could be it. I trapped one in a glass and took a photo - does anyone know which it is?

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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    I don't know, but I'd take a guess at a flea beetle

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • CrankyYankeeCrankyYankee Posts: 504
    I get fungus gnats every year because I bring in my potted herbs to overwinter.  They are annoying, and if you do a search of images what you have there looks similar, but it's hard to tell.  Here's a good comparison - https://www.orkin.com/pests/flies/fruit-flies/fruit-flies-vs-gnats

    New England, USA
    Metacomet soil with hints of Woodbridge and Pillsbury
  • EB123EB123 Posts: 23
    Thanks, I did look online but couldn't tell, so thought I'd ask on here!
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