Veggie
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Lots of these flying around the end of the garden. Didn't know what they were - shiny black flies with, I thought, a trailing tail, dropped below its body.
The Duck says that they are St Mark's Fly which appears around St Mark's Day, 25th April. Should I tell them to go back to bed for a few more days?
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-w...ark-s-fly/
The Moneyless Chicken says:-
Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.
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toomanytommytoes
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They were everywhere when I went out for a bike ride yesterday. Luckily I didn't eat one, though something smaller did fly into my mouth and I had a few bees bounce off my helmet.
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Vinny
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Vinny
Geordie living 'ower the watter'
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We used to have problems with the crows and other birds trying to dig up there larvae at the sports ground. They left big bare patches of turf!
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Mark_Riga
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(5 hours ago)Veggie Wrote: The Duck says that they are St Mark's Fly which appears around St Mark's Day, 25th April. Should I tell them to go back to bed for a few more days?
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-w...ark-s-fly/
Hawthorn are flowering here now and your link says that is one that they help pollinate so may be they were told to wake up by the local hedges. There were some about today when we went for a walk.
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