Noon Fly -Mesembrina meridiana

Can also be known as the Noonday Fly and is easily identified by the orange-gold on the base of the wings, and also on the face and feet. The female will lay up to only five eggs in her lifetime with each one being in a different cow pat. Her larvae will feed on the other larvae from other flies. Its about this time of year when we start to say that there seems to be a lack of bees, butterflies, birds etc but never mention or notice if there are a lack of flies. I for one will always stick up for these under dogs as their larvae can help in forensic science, medical research, help clear up the mess we make and are important pollinators in which a large proportion of the food we eat is on our plates because of what they do. Unlike bees that pollinate and have to return to their nests flies have no nests and so will be out much longer during the day feeding and continue the process of pollination. We build wildlife ponds in our gardens to encourage frogs but the main prey of the young frogs diet will be flies. When we look up at the sky and notice less swifts we tend to forget that their main diet is also flies and with the amount of insecticides being used its no wonder that their numbers are going down. If you have a fly and a bee in your living room which one will usually be rescued and helped out and which one will get flattened. I rest my case.

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