Penchant for Sweet. Terellia tussilaginis, Delicate Fruit Fly, on Skirret, Sium sisarum, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Skirret's florets are aromatic but I don't know what they taste like. Its roots - which I've not eaten yet - are said to compare to delicious salsify, one of my many favorite vegetables. Apparently the little flowers are sweet enough to attract a variety of insects among which this delicate female fruit or gall fly, Terellia tussilaginis. It's about 5 mm long so the individual flowers are about half that in diameter.
Penchant for Sweet. Terellia tussilaginis, Delicate Fruit Fly, on Skirret, Sium sisarum, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Skirret's florets are aromatic but I don't know what they taste like. Its roots - which I've not eaten yet - are said to compare to delicious salsify, one of my many favorite vegetables. Apparently the little flowers are sweet enough to attract a variety of insects among which this delicate female fruit or gall fly, Terellia tussilaginis. It's about 5 mm long so the individual flowers are about half that in diameter.