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Post by snowowl on Jun 12, 2007 21:12:54 GMT
Hi i have a wildlife pond with no fish in and for the past few weeks there has been a lot of black flies hovering over the water.
I dont no wether its because of the hot weather or theres something im not doing to the pond that i should.
The water is crystal clear and has water lillies and oxygenating plants in and plenty of wildlife.
I just dont understand why these flys are sudenly hovering over the water.
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Post by Chuckles on Jun 14, 2007 11:15:42 GMT
Mmmm not sure what they could be Snowowl not an expert I'm afraid. However if your water is crystal clear and you have plenty of wildlife it sounds like you have a good setup going.
Praps one of the other members will know what they are, there are a few that have wildlife ponds in their garden and on allotments too.
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Post by andy on Jun 14, 2007 14:38:00 GMT
Are they midges....most mosquito type flies lay their eggs in water. Some species will also come down and feed/drink along the edge of the water line.
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Post by snowowl on Jun 14, 2007 15:04:49 GMT
Hi Chuckles and Andy they are like midges but a bit bigger.One thing though they are not there today because its Raining yey.
They may be laying eggs in the water but i dont actualy see them land on the surface.
Thanks for your replys i was just curious as i have never seen so many like that before.
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