Nasty Fly
This is very small fly (about 0.2 to 0.3 inches, 5-6 mm long) that is bothersome this year.
It's a Picture-winged Fly (Delphinia picta), Supposedly, it breeds in decomposing plant material, of which we have plenty because we mulch our lawn instead of picking up clippings. I don't know if they bite, but as soon as I walk onto the patio, there are about a dozen of them circling me, and they seem to like to wait around our patio doors and windows. (I'm not sure what they think of me hahaha).
They lay about 500 eggs, so I guess I'm lucky that I only see 10-20 of them : )
This is a cropped picture, of the fly on a window frame.
Nasty Fly
This is very small fly (about 0.2 to 0.3 inches, 5-6 mm long) that is bothersome this year.
It's a Picture-winged Fly (Delphinia picta), Supposedly, it breeds in decomposing plant material, of which we have plenty because we mulch our lawn instead of picking up clippings. I don't know if they bite, but as soon as I walk onto the patio, there are about a dozen of them circling me, and they seem to like to wait around our patio doors and windows. (I'm not sure what they think of me hahaha).
They lay about 500 eggs, so I guess I'm lucky that I only see 10-20 of them : )
This is a cropped picture, of the fly on a window frame.