Yellow Cereal Fly, Grass Fly

Taken on 23rd July 2008, Lincoln UK. Length 3.5-4mm. It was walking on a stem of a kidney bean plant.

by wallaby1 Nov 2, 2008 8:13 PM

Beware of similar small orange flies, but this one is quite distinctive.

by wallaby1 Nov 2, 2008 8:16 PM

It can be a winter cereal crop pest with damage in early spring only, but larvae also feed on wild Poa, Agropyron, Phleum, Lolium, & Agrostis grasses.

by wallaby1 Nov 2, 2008 8:23 PM